US President Donald Trump and regional leaders signed a landmark Gaza peace deal on Monday during a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and with this, a hostage-prisoner exchange took place. The developments, key elements of Trump’s 20-point peace plan, came just three days after a ceasefire took effect and Israeli forces withdrew to a pre-determined line. Although the US and other mediators brokered the deal between the two countries who has been fighting for decades and started the war in October 2023, the situation remains fragile and critical questions about the next steps persist. Israel and Hamas have little trust in each other, and it took a number of failed, indirect negotiations in Doha, Qatar’s capital, to reach the truce, with Egypt and Qatar acting as mediators. The init

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