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President Trump has indicated that "largely, there is consensus" on how the next stages of the truce agreement for Gaza will work, though he conceded that "certain specifics … will be worked out."

"They're assembling them at present," he said, mentioning the captives yet to be freed in the region. "They are in quite harsh locations."

The US president, who has been commended by the group and many in Israel for his part in brokering a truce agreement, remarked he is confident the deal will "hold" because "they're all tired of the fighting."

Planned Conference on Gaza Situation

Concurrently, the president intends to bring together world leaders for a conference on Gaza during his trip to the North African nation next week. Among those slated to participate are officials from the European nation, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Qatar, the Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

Based on sources, PM Netanyahu will be absent.

President's Schedule

Trump confirmed that he would engage with a "numerous officials" in Cairo on next Monday to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip. Reports suggest that he will also go to the nation, where he will address the Israeli parliament.

Significant Events

• Tens of thousands of individuals returned to the largely ruined northern Gaza Strip on the end of the week as a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect. Those still 48 individuals—some 20 of them thought to be alive—are to be let go by the start of the week.
• Uncertainties persist over the future governance of the Gaza Strip as Israeli troops slowly withdraw and if the organization will relinquish arms, as required in the president's truce agreement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called off a halt in fighting in March, hinted that the nation might restart its military campaign if the group does not relinquish its weapons.
• The UN was granted permission by Israel to begin providing increased aid into Gaza starting on Sunday. The relief will include significant amounts that have been pre-positioned in adjacent states such as the Kingdom of Jordan and Egypt as relief coordinators awaited authorization from the army to recommence their work.
• A representative from the UN the spokesman reported to the press on the end of the week that energy supplies, healthcare materials, and other critical materials have started flowing through the crossing point. Representatives are calling for Israel to allow access through additional crossing points and guarantee protected transit for aid workers and the population who are returning to regions of the territory that were under heavy fire just a short time ago.
• The president of Lebanon Joseph Aoun condemned Israel on the weekend for conducting raids during the night on public installations that the ministry said killed at least one person. "Once again, the south of Lebanon has been the focus of a atrocious Israeli aggression against non-military facilities—without justification or pretext," he remarked.
• The government disclosed a list of the Palestinian prisoners that it plans to let go as under the truce deal agreed upon with Hamas. From the 250 Palestinian prisoners, a group of 15 will be let go in eastern Jerusalem, one hundred to the region, and the remainder will be deported. Initially, when the organization's delegates presented a list of proposed inmates to be released to intermediaries in the Arab Republic, they requested the release of well-known Palestinian leaders such as the activist. Yet, Netanyahu's office affirmed it declines to free the individual.