The gathering appeared designed to rally international support behind the Trump vision for putting an end to the war.

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Hamas released all 20 living Israeli hostages Monday, and Israel released more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. U.S. President Donald Trump visited the region to discuss postwar plans.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement on Monday by freeing hostages and prisoners, raising hopes that the U.S.-brokered deal might lead to a permanent end to the two-year war that ravaged the Palestinian territory.

Israel and Hamas took a significant step Monday in the ceasefire agreement for the Gaza war by releasing hostages and prisoners. Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza, while Israel released some 1,

A convoy of trucks carrying food, fuel and medical supplies drove through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Egyptian Red Crescent. The entrance of humanitarian aid to the enclave was paused on Monday and Tuesday due to prisoner and hostage exchanges between Israel and Hamas and a Jewish holiday.

President Trump held a summit with world leaders to discuss the next steps in rebuilding Gaza following the ceasefire deal.

It comes as the IDF names two of the four deceased hostages handed over by Hamas on Monday as Bipin Joshi and Guy Illouz.