Hamas handed over the first seven of 20 surviving Israeli hostages to Red Cross representatives in Gaza City, the Israeli army said, as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal.

US President Donald Trump has departed on a trip to Israel and Egypt, where he will co-host a Gaza peace summit with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

The following are the latest key developments:

– Hostage-prisoner exchange –

The Gaza peace deal hinges on both sides adhering to an agreement to exchange hostages seized from Israel in Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.

The initial stage of the ceasefire deal includes the release of 47 Israeli living and dead hostages taken on October 7, 2023 in exchange for 250 prisoners and 1,700 Gazans held by Israel since the war broke

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