Overview
- Time promoted its next issue featuring President Trump with the cover line "His Triumph," highlighting the Gaza agreement’s first-phase outcomes.
- The signing ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh drew leaders including Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Friedrich Merz, Prabowo Subianto, and Shehbaz Sharif.
- Under the initial phase, the last 20 living Israeli hostages returned home as Israel began releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
- Only four of the 28 bodies of Israeli hostages have been returned so far, underscoring unresolved elements of the accord.
- Trump addressed the Knesset after the ceremony and received standing applause, while reports credited envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner with key roles in the talks.