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US President Donald Trump has indicated that "largely, there is consensus" on how the following steps of the peace deal in Gaza will unfold, though he conceded that "certain specifics … will be finalized."

"Hamas is gathering them now," he said, mentioning the hostages still held in Gaza. "They are in quite harsh locations."

He, who has been praised by the organization and many in Israel for his role in achieving a ceasefire deal, said he is confident the agreement will "be sustained" because "the parties are exhausted by the fighting."

Forthcoming Meeting on Gaza Situation

Concurrently, Trump plans to convene world leaders for a conference on the issue during his travel to the Arab Republic of Egypt in the coming week. Attendees slated to take part are delegates from the European nation, France, the United Kingdom, the Italian Republic, Qatar, the Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the Republic of Indonesia.

According to reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not expected to attend.

Trump's Itinerary

He affirmed that he would engage with a "numerous officials" in the city on next Monday to discuss the direction of the territory. Sources indicate that he will also go to Israel, where he will speak before the Israeli parliament.

Major Updates

• Tens of thousands of Palestinian residents returned to the largely ruined northern Gaza on Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect. The remaining 48 individuals—some 20 of them thought to be alive—are to be freed by the start of the week.
• Issues linger over who will govern the Gaza Strip as Israel's military slowly withdraw and if the group will give up weapons, as required in the president's truce agreement. The Israeli leader, who terminated on his own a halt in fighting in last March, hinted that the country might resume its operations if Hamas refuses to surrender its arms.
• The United Nations was given the green light by the government to commence providing scaled-up humanitarian assistance into Gaza beginning the weekend. The relief will comprise a large quantity that have been stored in adjacent states such as Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt as humanitarian officials awaited authorization from Israeli forces to resume their work.
• UN spokesperson the spokesman reported to the press on the end of the week that petrol, medicines, and other critical materials have commenced entering through the crossing point. Representatives want Israel to unseal further border crossings and provide protected transit for humanitarian staff and civilians who are returning to regions of the territory that were experiencing severe attacks up until lately.
• Lebanese President the head of state denounced the Israeli government on last Saturday for carrying out overnight strikes on public installations that the health ministry said resulted in at least one death. "For another time, the south of Lebanon has been the focus of a egregious offensive against civilian structures—with no valid reason or pretext," the president said.
• Israeli authorities provided a roster of the individuals in custody that it plans to let go as in accordance with the peace accord reached with Hamas. From the 250 detainees, fifteen will be freed in the eastern part of the city, a hundred to the region, and the remainder will be sent abroad. At first, when the organization's delegates submitted a list of proposed inmates to be let go to intermediaries in the Arab Republic, they called for the liberation of well-known Palestinian leaders such as Marwan Barghouti. Yet, the prime minister's team affirmed it refuses to release Barghouti.