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US President Donald Trump has indicated that "largely, agreement exists" on how the subsequent phases of the truce agreement for Gaza will work, though he admitted that "some of the details … will be finalized."

"They're assembling them currently," the president said, mentioning the remaining hostages in the region. "They are in very difficult places."

The US president, who has been lauded by the group and numerous Israelis for his part in brokering a truce agreement, remarked he believes the agreement will "hold" because "they're all tired of the hostilities."

Planned Conference on Gaza Situation

Meanwhile, he plans to assemble global figures for a high-level meeting on the Gaza situation during his travel to Egypt next week. Participants anticipated to participate are representatives from Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Republic of Indonesia.

According to sources, PM Netanyahu will be absent.

President's Schedule

Trump confirmed that he would confer with a "many dignitaries" in the city on the start of the week to talk about the future of Gaza. Reports suggest that he will also travel to the State of Israel, where he will speak before the Knesset.

Key Developments

• Many of Palestinian residents headed back to the severely damaged Gaza's north on last Friday as a American-negotiated truce was implemented. Those still 48 hostages—some 20 of them thought to be living—will be freed by Monday.
• Questions remain over leadership in the Gaza Strip as forces retreat step by step and whether Hamas will relinquish arms, as called for in the president's truce agreement. The Israeli leader, who unilaterally ended a halt in fighting in last March, suggested that the nation might restart its offensive if the group does not surrender its arms.
• The UN was granted permission by the government to start providing increased relief into the territory beginning this Sunday. This assistance will include significant amounts that have already been positioned in adjacent states such as the Kingdom of Jordan and Egypt as humanitarian officials were waiting for clearance from the army to recommence their operations.
• UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric informed reporters on the end of the week that energy supplies, healthcare materials, and other critical materials have begun moving through the Kerem Shalom crossing. UN officials are calling for the Israeli government to allow access through additional border crossings and provide protected transit for humanitarian staff and residents who are going back to areas in Gaza that were under heavy fire just a short time ago.
• The president of Lebanon the head of state condemned the nation on last Saturday for conducting nocturnal attacks on public installations that the ministry said killed at least one person. "Once again, southern Lebanon has been the object of a heinous attack by Israel against civilian structures—unjustifiably or rationale," Aoun remarked.
• Israel shared a inventory of the Palestinian prisoners that it aims to let go as under the peace accord reached with the group. From the 250 Palestinian prisoners, a group of 15 will be freed in East Jerusalem, 100 to the West Bank, and one hundred thirty-five will be deported. Initially, when representatives of the group provided a list of recommended inmates to be let go to mediators in the Arab Republic, they demanded the freeing of high-profile Palestinian political figures such as Marwan Barghouti. However, the prime minister's team confirmed it declines to let go him.