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US President Donald Trump has indicated that "largely, agreement exists" on how the next stages of the Gaza ceasefire plan will work, though he conceded that "some of the details … will be resolved."

"They're gathering them now," he said, speaking about the captives yet to be freed in the Gaza Strip. "They find themselves in very difficult places."

The US president, who has been praised by the organization and various Israeli figures for his involvement in brokering a ceasefire deal, said he believes the agreement will "hold" because "the parties are weary of the conflict."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Issue

Meanwhile, he plans to convene world leaders for a summit on Gaza during his travel to Egypt soon. Participants expected to join are delegates from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Qatar, the UAE, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the Republic of Indonesia.

As per information, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be present.

President's Schedule

He stated that he would confer with a "many dignitaries" in the city on next Monday to address the direction of the Gaza Strip. Reports suggest that he will also go to Israel, where he will appear at the legislative body.

Key Developments

• Numerous of Palestinian residents made their way to the largely ruined Gaza's north on the end of the week as a US-brokered ceasefire took hold. The remaining 48 hostages—about 20 of them believed to be surviving—are to be released by next Monday.
• Uncertainties persist over leadership in the Gaza Strip as Israel's military gradually pull back and if Hamas will disarm, as called for in the president's truce agreement. PM Netanyahu, who terminated on his own a truce in spring, suggested that the nation might renew its operations if the group fails to give up its arms.
• The international body was granted permission by Israeli authorities to commence delivering increased relief into Gaza from this Sunday. The relief will involve significant amounts that have been pre-positioned in adjacent states such as the Kingdom of Jordan and Egypt as humanitarian officials awaited clearance from Israel's military to restart their work.
• UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reported to reporters on last Friday that petrol, medicines, and essential items have begun moving through the Kerem Shalom border point. Agency staff are urging Israel to allow access through additional entry points and guarantee protected transit for humanitarian staff and civilians who are coming back to areas in Gaza that were under heavy fire until only recently.
• The leader he censured the Israeli government on last Saturday for carrying out nocturnal attacks on public installations that the ministry said killed at least one person. "Yet again, southern Lebanon has been the target of a atrocious Israeli aggression against civilian installations—unjustifiably or rationale," the president said.
• Israel provided a list of the Palestinian detainees that it intends to release as under the peace accord reached with Hamas. From the 250 detainees, fifteen will be released in the eastern part of the city, one hundred to the West Bank, and one hundred thirty-five will be deported. At first, when representatives of the group presented a selection of proposed inmates to be freed to mediators in Egypt, they requested the freeing of prominent individuals such as Marwan Barghouti. However, the Israeli government affirmed it refuses to free Barghouti.