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US President Donald Trump has indicated that "in general, parties are aligned" on how the following steps of the Gaza ceasefire plan will proceed, though he conceded that "certain specifics … will be worked out."

"They're gathering them currently," the president commented, speaking about the captives yet to be freed in the Gaza Strip. "They find themselves in pretty rough situations."

He, who has been praised by Hamas and many in Israel for his involvement in achieving a truce agreement, remarked he believes the deal will "hold" because "both sides are weary of the fighting."

Planned Conference on Gaza Issue

Meanwhile, Trump intends to assemble international leaders for a high-level meeting on the issue during his travel to the Arab Republic of Egypt next week. Attendees expected to join are officials from the European nation, France, the Britain, Italy, Qatar, the Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

Based on information, the Israeli leader will not be present.

President's Schedule

He confirmed that he would engage with a "lot of dignitaries" in Cairo on next Monday to talk about the future of Gaza. Reports suggest that he will also travel to the nation, where he will address the Israeli parliament.

Major Updates

• Tens of thousands of individuals made their way to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza on last Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire took hold. The remaining 48 individuals—some 20 of them believed to be surviving—will be released by Monday.
• Issues linger over who will govern Gaza as forces gradually pull back and whether Hamas will give up weapons, as required in Trump's ceasefire plan. The Israeli leader, who terminated on his own a truce in spring, indicated that the country might resume its offensive if Hamas refuses to relinquish its weapons.
• The international body was authorized by Israel to commence providing expanded aid into the territory beginning Sunday. The aid will involve 170,000 metric tons that have already been positioned in neighboring countries such as Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt as humanitarian officials awaited permission from the army to recommence their operations.
• A representative from the UN Stéphane Dujarric told journalists on last Friday that petrol, healthcare materials, and other critical materials have commenced entering through the crossing point. UN officials are urging authorities to allow access through additional entry points and ensure secure passage for relief personnel and residents who are going back to regions of the territory that were under heavy fire until only recently.
• Lebanese President Joseph Aoun censured the nation on the weekend for executing overnight strikes on public installations that the ministry said caused one fatality. "Yet again, the south of Lebanon has been the object of a egregious offensive against civilian installations—unjustifiably or excuse," Aoun remarked.
• Israeli authorities disclosed a list of the individuals in custody that it intends to free as under the truce deal made with Hamas. Of the 250 Palestinian prisoners, 15 will be freed in the eastern part of the city, a hundred to the West Bank, and 135 will be expelled. At first, when the organization's delegates provided a selection of suggested prisoners to be freed to intermediaries in the Arab Republic, they requested the release of prominent Palestinian political figures such as Marwan Barghouti. But, Netanyahu's office stated it refuses to release him.