Overview

• Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, the president traveled to Israel and Egypt to mark the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage agreement.
• He said he is “not heaven bound” and declared “the war is over,” a framing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not adopted.
• The White House released audio of the exchange, and clips of the remarks were widely circulated on X.
• Under the deal’s first phase, Israeli pullbacks triggered a 72-hour window for Hamas to release the remaining 48 hostages, with about 20 believed alive, alongside prisoner releases and increased aid to Gaza.
• Trump’s itinerary includes meetings with hostage families, an address to the Knesset, and a Sharm el-Sheikh summit co-led with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, with releases expected early this week.