The conflict between Israel and Palestine “will continue” despite Donald Trump’s peace plan , a BBC expert has said.

Jeremy Bowen said the US president had “scored a diplomatic triumph” in securing a ceasefire and the imminent release of the remaining Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.

As part of the deal, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza and around 250 Palestinian prisoners, as well as 1,700 other Gazan detainees, will also be freed.

Keir Starmer will join world leaders, including Donald Trump , at a peace summit in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt on Monday.

But speaking on BBC1′s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Bowen insisted there were numerous hurdles still to be cleared before a long-term peace is in place.

He said: “The ceasefire at the moment seems pretty OK

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