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US President Donald Trump has stated that "for the most part, agreement exists" on how the subsequent phases of the truce agreement for Gaza will unfold, though he conceded that "some of the details … will be worked out."

"They're gathering them now," the president commented, speaking about the captives yet to be freed in the region. "They find themselves in quite harsh situations."

President Trump, who has been lauded by the group and numerous Israelis for his role in brokering a peace accord, remarked he thinks the accord will "remain in place" because "they're all exhausted by the fighting."

Forthcoming Meeting on Gaza Issue

Concurrently, Trump intends to bring together international leaders for a summit on Gaza during his travel to Egypt next week. Among those slated to take part are representatives from the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the United Kingdom, Italy, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per reports, PM Netanyahu is not expected to attend.

Trump's Itinerary

He affirmed that he would confer with a "lot of leaders" in the city on next Monday to discuss the future of Gaza. Sources indicate that he will also visit the State of Israel, where he will address the Israeli parliament.

Major Updates

• Many of Palestinians returned to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on the end of the week as a American-negotiated truce came into effect. The 48 hostages—about 20 of them believed to be alive—will be let go by Monday.
• Questions remain over leadership in the region as Israeli troops slowly withdraw and whether the group will give up weapons, as stipulated in the proposed deal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who terminated on his own a halt in fighting in March, indicated that the country might resume its offensive if the group fails to relinquish its arms.
• The United Nations was granted permission by Israel to start distributing scaled-up aid into the Gaza Strip starting on this Sunday. This assistance will include significant amounts that have been stored in nearby nations such as the Kingdom of Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt as humanitarian officials awaited permission from Israel's military to recommence their operations.
• UN spokesperson he told journalists on Friday that energy supplies, medicines, and other critical materials have started flowing through the Kerem Shalom border point. Agency staff are calling for the Israeli government to allow access through additional crossing points and ensure safe movement for aid workers and the population who are coming back to regions of the territory that were under heavy fire just a short time ago.
• The president of Lebanon Joseph Aoun censured the Israeli government on last Saturday for executing nocturnal attacks on civilian facilities that the health authority said caused one fatality. "Once again, southern Lebanon has been the focus of a atrocious Israeli aggression against non-military facilities—unjustifiably or pretext," he remarked.
• Israeli authorities disclosed a list of the Palestinian prisoners that it intends to release as under the peace accord agreed upon with Hamas. Of the 250 individuals, fifteen will be freed in eastern Jerusalem, a hundred to the West Bank, and the remainder will be deported. At first, when the organization's delegates provided a roster of proposed inmates to be freed to mediators in the country, they called for the freeing of well-known individuals such as Marwan Barghouti. However, Netanyahu's office affirmed it will not agree to free him.