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US President Donald Trump has stated that "largely, parties are aligned" on how the following steps of the peace deal in Gaza will proceed, though he acknowledged that "a few particulars … will be resolved."

"They're collecting them at present," Trump said, speaking about the hostages still held in Gaza. "They're in some pretty rough situations."

He, who has been praised by Hamas and many in Israel for his role in achieving a ceasefire deal, said he thinks the deal will "remain in place" because "both sides are weary of the fighting."

Planned Conference on Gaza Crisis

At the same time, the president intends to assemble international leaders for a summit on the Gaza situation during his travel to the North African nation in the coming week. Attendees anticipated to take part are officials from Germany, the French Republic, the United Kingdom, Italy, Qatar, the Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and Indonesia.

According to reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be absent.

President's Schedule

The president affirmed that he would engage with a "lot of leaders" in the city on Monday to talk about the direction of the territory. Reports suggest that he will also go to the State of Israel, where he will address the legislative body.

Major Updates

• Numerous of individuals returned to the severely damaged Gaza's north on Friday as a ceasefire mediated by the US was implemented. The 48 hostages—about 20 of them believed to be surviving—will be freed by Monday.
• Issues linger over who will govern the Gaza Strip as forces gradually pull back and whether the group will give up weapons, as called for in the proposed deal. PM Netanyahu, who unilaterally ended a halt in fighting in March, indicated that Israel might resume its offensive if Hamas fails to relinquish its arms.
• The UN was authorized by the government to begin distributing increased humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip starting on the weekend. The aid will include a large quantity that have already been positioned in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt as humanitarian officials awaited authorization from Israeli forces to restart their work.
• UN spokesperson the spokesman told journalists on last Friday that petrol, medicines, and vital resources have begun moving through the Kerem Shalom border point. UN officials are calling for the Israeli government to open more border crossings and guarantee protected transit for relief personnel and residents who are returning to parts of Gaza that were subject to intense shelling up until lately.
• The president of Lebanon Joseph Aoun censured the nation on the weekend for conducting raids during the night on civilian facilities that the ministry said resulted in at least one death. "Once again, southern Lebanon has been the target of a heinous attack by Israel against non-military facilities—with no valid reason or pretext," he stated.
• Israeli authorities shared a inventory of the individuals in custody that it intends to release as part of the ceasefire agreement made with the group. From the 250 individuals, fifteen will be freed in eastern Jerusalem, a hundred to the Palestinian territory, and one hundred thirty-five will be sent abroad. At first, when the organization's delegates provided a selection of proposed detainees to be let go to negotiators in Egypt, they demanded the release of high-profile Palestinian political figures such as Marwan Barghouti. However, Netanyahu's office confirmed it declines to free the individual.