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The American leader has indicated that "in general, agreement exists" on how the following steps of the truce agreement for Gaza will proceed, though he admitted that "some of the details … will be finalized."

"Hamas is assembling them at present," he said, speaking about the remaining hostages in the region. "They find themselves in very difficult situations."

He, who has been commended by the group and many in Israel for his involvement in securing a peace accord, said he thinks the agreement will "remain in place" because "they're all exhausted by the conflict."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Situation

Concurrently, the president intends to assemble global figures for a high-level meeting on the issue during his trip to Egypt in the coming week. Participants anticipated to participate are delegates from the European nation, France, the United Kingdom, the Italian Republic, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

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

President's Schedule

The president confirmed that he would engage with a "numerous leaders" in the city on Monday to discuss the future of Gaza. Sources indicate that he will also visit Israel, where he will appear at the Knesset.

Major Updates

• Numerous of Palestinians headed back to the largely ruined northern Gaza on the end of the week as a ceasefire mediated by the US was implemented. The remaining 48 captives—approximately 20 of them thought to be living—are scheduled to be freed by Monday.
• Issues linger over the future governance of the region as Israeli troops retreat step by step and whether Hamas will disarm, as stipulated in the proposed deal. PM Netanyahu, who unilaterally ended a halt in fighting in last March, hinted that the country might renew its operations if they does not relinquish its arms.
• The United Nations was authorized by Israel to begin distributing scaled-up relief into the territory from the weekend. The aid will involve a large quantity that have been stored in neighboring countries such as the Kingdom of Jordan and Egypt as humanitarian officials expected clearance from Israeli forces to restart their efforts.
• A representative from the UN the spokesman told journalists on Friday that petrol, medicines, and vital resources have begun moving through the Kerem Shalom crossing. UN officials are urging Israel to allow access through additional border crossings and ensure safe movement for relief personnel and the population who are going back to parts of Gaza that were under heavy fire just a short time ago.
• The leader the head of state censured the nation on Saturday for conducting raids during the night on non-military sites that the ministry said killed at least one person. "Yet again, the region has been the object of a atrocious attack by Israel against civilian installations—with no valid reason or pretext," the president stated.
• Israel shared a list of the individuals in custody that it aims to let go as under the ceasefire agreement made with Hamas. Out of the 250 individuals, a group of 15 will be released in East Jerusalem, 100 to the West Bank, and one hundred thirty-five will be deported. At first, when the organization's delegates submitted a selection of suggested detainees to be released to negotiators in Egypt, they requested the liberation of prominent Palestinian political figures such as Marwan Barghouti. Yet, Netanyahu's office stated it declines to free the individual.