Overview

• The first phase of the truce was carried out with 20 living Israeli hostages released in exchange for roughly 1,700 to 1,900 Palestinian detainees and prisoners.
• In Sharm el-Sheikh, the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey signed a joint declaration laying out a broad vision for Gaza that diplomats described as largely symbolic, with Israel and Hamas not signing.
• More than 20 leaders attended the summit; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined an invitation, and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi awarded Trump the Order of the Nile.
• Key issues remain unresolved, including how Hamas would be disarmed, who would govern Gaza and how a proposed international ‘Board of Peace’ would function.
• Questions over implementation surfaced as Israel accused Hamas of failing to return all the remains of four deceased hostages and announced it would halve aid truck entries, while the UN estimates Gaza’s reconstruction could exceed $70 billion.