United States President Donald Trump and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye on Monday signed a declaration as guarantors for bringing peace to Gaza at a summit in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

The signing came hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners under the first phase of a ceasefire agreement.

“The document is going to spell out rules and regulations and lots of other things,” AFP quoted Trump as saying before the signing. “It’s going to hold up .”

As part of the first phase of Trump’s peace plan, the militant group Hamas released all living Israeli hostages, while Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.

The first phase also includes a phased withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and an exchange of Israeli hostages

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