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US President Donald Trump has remarked that "for the most part, agreement exists" on how the following steps of the Gaza ceasefire plan will unfold, though he conceded that "certain specifics … will be resolved."

"Hamas is gathering them currently," he said, speaking about the remaining hostages in Gaza. "They are in quite harsh places."

The US president, who has been praised by the group and numerous Israelis for his role in achieving a peace accord, expressed he believes the agreement will "hold" because "the parties are tired of the hostilities."

Planned Conference on Gaza Issue

Meanwhile, Trump aims to assemble international leaders for a summit on the issue during his visit to the North African nation in the coming week. Participants expected to join are delegates from Germany, the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the Italian Republic, Qatar, the UAE, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per reports, PM Netanyahu will be absent.

Trump's Itinerary

Trump confirmed that he would meet a "many leaders" in the city on Monday to address the direction of Gaza. Sources indicate that he will also travel to Israel, where he will address the Israeli parliament.

Key Developments

• Tens of thousands of individuals returned to the largely ruined Gaza's north on the end of the week as a American-negotiated truce was implemented. The 48 individuals—approximately 20 of them thought to be alive—are to be released by the start of the week.
• Uncertainties persist over leadership in Gaza as Israel's military slowly withdraw and if the organization will relinquish arms, as required in Trump's ceasefire plan. PM Netanyahu, who terminated on his own a ceasefire in March, hinted that the nation might resume its operations if the group fails to surrender its weapons.
• The UN was granted permission by Israeli authorities to start delivering expanded humanitarian assistance into the territory from this Sunday. This assistance will include significant amounts that have already been positioned in adjacent states such as Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt as humanitarian officials expected authorization from Israel's military to resume their efforts.
• A representative from the UN he reported to journalists on last Friday that petrol, medicines, and essential items have commenced entering through the crossing point. Agency staff are calling for authorities to allow access through additional border crossings and ensure protected transit for relief personnel and residents who are returning to regions of the territory that were experiencing severe attacks just a short time ago.
• The president of Lebanon he censured the nation on Saturday for executing nocturnal attacks on non-military sites that the ministry said killed at least one person. "Once again, the region has been the object of a atrocious attack by Israel against civilian structures—unjustifiably or pretext," he stated.
• Israeli authorities provided a list of the Palestinian detainees that it aims to free as in accordance with the truce deal agreed upon with the organization. Of the 250 detainees, fifteen will be released in the eastern part of the city, one hundred to the region, and the remainder will be expelled. At first, when the organization's delegates submitted a list of proposed inmates to be freed to mediators in the Arab Republic, they called for the freeing of prominent Palestinian leaders such as the figure. But, Netanyahu's office affirmed it declines to release the individual.