Trump to join Starmer at Gaza ceasefire summit in Egypt as Israel waits for hostage release: Latest
Donald Trump will be joined by world leaders at a ceasefire summit in Egypt on Monday, seeking to secure a fragile truce in Gaza which has entered its third day.
Sir Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron will travel to Sharm El-Sheikh for the gathering, which Cairo said would be co-chaired by Trump and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
A “signing ceremony” will take place, Downing Street said, with Sir Keir set to pay “particular tribute” to Trump for his efforts.
The ceasefire, which came into place on Friday morning, has seen Palestinians returning to their homes which have been flattened by Israeli bombardment over the past two years. Hundreds of bodies have also been found under the rubble.
Hamas is set to release the 20 living Israeli hostages before 12pm local time (10am BST) on Monday. Israel will free hundreds of Palestinian detainees in return.
On Saturday evening, a crowd in the hundreds of thousands gathered at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, where they hailed the US president while booing their own prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Meanwhile, Hamas recalled around 7,000 fighters amid growing fears of renewed internal violence in Gaza, local sources told the BBC.
