Gaza ceasefire highlights: Pak PM hails Trump's effort to stop wars, calls him ‘man of peace’ at Egypt Summit

Gaza ceasefire live updates: Hamas-run Prisoners Office says that buses carrying dozens of freed Palestinian prisoners have arrived in the West Bank city, reports AP.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: US President Donald Trump arrives at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. He received a standing ovation from the members.

In excerpts from the speech, also reported by Reuters, Trump will tell the Israeli Parliament that the total focus of Gazans must be on restoring the fundamentals of stability, safety, dignity and economic development.

“From Gaza to Iran, those bitter hatreds have delivered nothing but misery, suffering and failure,” Trump would say, according to excerpts from his speech.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: US Donald Trump will hail the Gaza truce deal, freeing of hostages as 'historic dawn of a new Middle East' in speech to Israeli Knesset, the Associated Press is reporting. He will also tell the Knesset that 'Israel has won all that can be won by force of arms' and offer 'a hand of friendship' to Iran.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: The Israeli military confirmed on Monday that all living hostages previously held by Hamas have now crossed border to Israel.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to attend Monday’s summit on ending the Gaza war in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, Associated Press reported citing Israeli public broadcaster Kan.

The report added that Netanyahu spoke by phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of the gathering, which will bring together regional and international leaders to discuss the ongoing ceasefire and peace efforts.

Donald Trump is scheduled to leave for Egypt on Monday after concluding his visit in Israel.

Earlier, Israel has said it will not attend the peace summit, "No Israeli official will attend," Shosh Bedrosian, a spokeswoman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told AFP on Sunday.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday criticized US President Donald Trump’s plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it only focuses on the Gaza Strip and is “too vague” on Palestinian statehood.

Lavrov added that the plan should provide clarity on the future of the West Bank, reported Reuters.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that, according to information from the Red Cross, 13 hostages have been handed over into their custody. They are currently on their way to IDF and ISA forces in Gaza as part of the ongoing hostage release operation.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: US President Donald Trump has arrived at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to deliver a speech. His address comes amid the historic hostage release operation and ongoing ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that Hamas has released second batch of hostages who were captured during the deadly October 7 terror attack in 2023.

Earlier in the day, the militant group handed over seven hostages, who are now on their way home. In the second batch, it released the remaining 13 hostages from the list of 20 named earlier.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: US President Donald Trump departed Ben Gurion Airport and began the roughly 40-minute drive to Jerusalem, where he is scheduled to meet with families of released hostages and deliver remarks to a special session of the Knesset as part of his visit to mark the Gaza ceasefire, White House affiliate Rapid Response said.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would be “proud” to visit Gaza during his Middle East trip.

The former president is currently in Israel, where he is expected to address the Knesset, before heading to Egypt to co-host the Gaza peace summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: The Israeli military said the Red Cross is on its way to a meeting point in southern Gaza, where “several hostages will be handed over.” This marks the second group of hostages to be released by Hamas on Monday as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement.

US President Donald Trump has landed in Israel early Monday, arriving amid the historic hostage release operation and ongoing Gaza ceasefire. His visit marks the first stop of a tightly scheduled trip, during which he is expected to meet with the families of released hostages and address the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, before traveling to Egypt for the peace summit.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: The Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed the identities of the first hostages released by Hamas. The Israeli foreign ministry posted on X, “We've been waiting 738 days to say this: Welcome home.”

The seven freed hostages are identified as Guy Gilboa Dalal, Eitan Mor, Matan Angrest, Alon Ohel, Gali and Ziv Berman and Omri Miran.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (ISA), in a joint statement, said that the seven hostages released earlier on Monday are currently being accompanied by their personnel on their return to Israel. The hostages will undergo an initial medical assessment upon arrival.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson said the Palestinian prisoners will be released only after Israel confirms that all hostages scheduled for release on Tuesday have crossed into Israeli territory, reported AFP.

The spokesperson added that Israel does not expect all of the bodies of dead hostages to be returned on Monday.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: As part of the ceasefire agreement, Israel is set to release nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees and convicted prisoners later on Monday.

According to an official involved in the operation cited by Reuters, 1,966 detainees boarded buses at Israeli prisons and most are expected to be released at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on Monday.

Following the release of the first seven hostages, the handover of the 13 remaining surviving hostages is expected next.

This will be followed by the return of 28 other Israeli hostages, including 26 confirmed dead and two whose fate remains unknown.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: According to a joint announcement by the IDF and ISA, seven hostages have been handed over to the Red Cross and are en route to Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

The military added that it is prepared to receive additional hostages "later on", as part of the ongoing ceasefire and hostage release operation.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: Germany’s foreign minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday that Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, and other Arab states are applying pressure on Hamas in Gaza to disarm, supporting further peace negotiations with Israel.

“All these states don't want Hamas to continue to be active. They want disarmament and in this respect we have a good pressure scenario, because it won't work without pressure,” Wadephul told Deutschlandfunk radio, reported Reuters.

The statement comes amid ongoing efforts to stabilize the region following the recent ceasefire and hostage release deal.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: Hamas released seven hostages into the custody of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, marking the first batch to be freed under the Gaza ceasefire, reported AP.

There is no immediate information on their condition.

Hamas has said that 20 living hostages will be exchanged for more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners currently held by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.

The International Committee of the Red Cross has begun “a multi-phase operation” to oversee the release of hostages and prisoners under the Gaza ceasefire, according to AP.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: A Red Cross convoy is on its way to pick up the first batch of Israeli hostages to be freed by Hamas under the Gaza ceasefire deal, the Israeli military said on Monday.

An army statement said the handover would take place at “a meeting point in the northern Gaza Strip where several hostages will be transferred.”

“The IDF is prepared to receive additional hostages who are expected to be transferred to the Red Cross later on,” the statement added, following Hamas’s publication of a list of 20 surviving hostages it intends to release.

Gaza ceasefire live updates: The International Committee of the Red Cross was moving on Monday toward a site in the northern Gaza Strip to collect several hostages held by Hamas, the Israeli military said, reported Reuters.

The military added that other hostages would be released later.

This comes after Hamas published a list of 20 living hostages it plans to release, alongside over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners that Israel is set to free under the ceasefire agreement.