SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — President Donald Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East on Monday during a global summit on Gaza’s future, trying to advance broader peace in the region after visiting Israel to celebrate a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hamas.

Officials representing Hamas militants, Qatar, and Egypt were seen in a meeting on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan was accepted on Thursday, according to Egyptian media. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

President Donald Trump will co-chair the “Summit for Peace” with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. They will host a press conference at noon.

Israel’s military aid agency COGAT said on Thursday preparations are ongoing with Egypt to open the major Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the movement of people, with the date to be announced at a later stage.

President Trump attended a signing ceremony in Egypt with other world leaders for the peace deal brokered between Israel and Hamas to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.

Israel and Hamas have started the first round of indirect talks in Egypt to discuss releasing remaining hostages and work to end the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza and the West Bank.

Negotiators from Hamas, Israel and the United States began indirect talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with President Donald Trump saying they were down to the “final details.”

Israel says it will only allow 300 trucks carrying aid and food to enter Gaza daily, despite the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas allowing for double that amount.View on euronews