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US President Donald Trump has indicated that "in general, agreement exists" on how the subsequent phases of the Gaza ceasefire plan will unfold, though he conceded that "some of the details … will be finalized."

"Hamas is assembling them now," the president said, speaking about the captives yet to be freed in the region. "They're in some pretty rough locations."

He, who has been lauded by the organization and various Israeli figures for his involvement in brokering a truce agreement, expressed he thinks the agreement will "remain in place" because "both sides are weary of the hostilities."

Planned Conference on Gaza Situation

Meanwhile, he plans to assemble world leaders for a conference on the issue during his travel to Egypt soon. Attendees anticipated to join are officials from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Italian Republic, the State of Qatar, the UAE, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

Based on reports, PM Netanyahu is not expected to attend.

Leader's Plans

Trump stated that he would confer with a "many leaders" in Cairo on next Monday to discuss the prospects of the Gaza Strip. Reports suggest that he will also travel to the State of Israel, where he will address the Knesset.

Significant Events

• Many of Palestinians headed back to the largely ruined Gaza's north on the end of the week as a US-brokered ceasefire took hold. The 48 captives—approximately 20 of them thought to be alive—will be freed by the start of the week.
• Questions remain over leadership in the Gaza Strip as forces slowly withdraw and whether Hamas will give up weapons, as called for in Trump's ceasefire plan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who unilaterally ended a halt in fighting in spring, hinted that the country might renew its offensive if Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons.
• The UN was authorized by the government to begin distributing scaled-up humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip beginning the weekend. The relief will comprise 170,000 metric tons that have been stored in nearby nations such as Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt as aid workers were waiting for permission from the army to restart their operations.
• A representative from the UN he reported to journalists on the end of the week that petrol, medical supplies, and vital resources have started flowing through the Kerem Shalom border point. Representatives are urging the Israeli government to allow access through additional entry points and ensure protected transit for humanitarian staff and civilians who are going back to areas in Gaza that were subject to intense shelling up until lately.
• The leader he censured Israel on last Saturday for executing overnight strikes on civilian facilities that the ministry said killed at least one person. "Yet again, southern Lebanon has been the target of a egregious attack by Israel against civilian installations—without justification or excuse," he said.
• Israeli authorities disclosed a list of the Palestinian prisoners that it aims to free as in accordance with the peace accord agreed upon with Hamas. From the 250 detainees, fifteen will be freed in the eastern part of the city, a hundred to the Palestinian territory, and the remainder will be sent abroad. Initially, when Hamas officials provided a roster of proposed prisoners to be let go to intermediaries in the Arab Republic, they called for the release of well-known Palestinian leaders such as the figure. But, Netanyahu's office stated it declines to let go him.