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US President Donald Trump has indicated that "largely, there is consensus" on how the subsequent phases of the truce agreement for Gaza will work, though he conceded that "certain specifics … will be resolved."

"They're collecting them now," he said, referring to the captives yet to be freed in Gaza. "They find themselves in very difficult places."

The US president, who has been commended by Hamas and many in Israel for his part in securing a ceasefire deal, expressed he thinks the deal will "hold" because "they're all exhausted by the conflict."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Situation

Concurrently, he intends to bring together global figures for a summit on the Gaza situation during his travel to the North African nation in the coming week. Attendees anticipated to join are delegates from the European nation, France, the Britain, the Italian Republic, the State of Qatar, the Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the Republic of Indonesia.

As per reports, the Israeli leader is not expected to attend.

Leader's Plans

Trump stated that he would engage with a "lot of officials" in the city on the start of the week to address the prospects of Gaza. Reports suggest that he will also visit the State of Israel, where he will address the Knesset.

Significant Events

• Numerous of Palestinian residents headed back to the severely damaged northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire took hold. The 48 captives—about 20 of them believed to be living—are scheduled to be released by Monday.
• Uncertainties persist over leadership in the Gaza Strip as Israeli troops slowly withdraw and if the group will relinquish arms, as stipulated in Trump's ceasefire plan. The Israeli leader, who terminated on his own a ceasefire in spring, suggested that the nation might restart its offensive if Hamas does not relinquish its arms.
• The UN was authorized by Israeli authorities to begin distributing increased aid into Gaza beginning this Sunday. The relief will involve significant amounts that have been stored in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt as aid workers awaited authorization from the army to resume their efforts.
• A representative from the UN he reported to journalists on last Friday that energy supplies, medical supplies, and other critical materials have commenced entering through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Agency staff want authorities to open more border crossings and guarantee secure passage for relief personnel and civilians who are coming back to regions of the territory that were under heavy fire until only recently.
• The president of Lebanon Joseph Aoun denounced the Israeli government on the weekend for conducting overnight strikes on public installations that the health ministry said resulted in at least one death. "Yet again, the region has been the focus of a atrocious offensive against civilian installations—without justification or excuse," Aoun stated.
• Israeli authorities disclosed a inventory of the Palestinian prisoners that it plans to release as under the ceasefire agreement made with the group. From the 250 detainees, 15 will be let go in the eastern part of the city, 100 to the West Bank, and the remainder will be deported. At first, when representatives of the group presented a roster of recommended inmates to be freed to intermediaries in the Arab Republic, they called for the freeing of well-known Palestinian political figures such as Marwan Barghouti. Yet, the prime minister's team confirmed it declines to free Barghouti.