Overview
- First-phase steps began with Israel starting the release of roughly 2,000 Palestinian detainees and allowing large-scale aid convoys into Gaza.
- Donald Trump said talks for the second phase "have begun" face to face, adding that parts of the plan are advancing in parallel.
- The roadmap sets out reconstruction planning and a transitional technocratic administration for Gaza under international oversight.
- Trump signaled interest in pursuing a peace track with Iran and named Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to help, while saying the Russia issue must be addressed first.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not attend the Sharm el-Sheikh ceremony, and Egypt's Abdel Fattah al Sisi awarded Trump the Order of the Nile during the visit.