The prime minister has arrived in Egypt ahead of an international summit where the peace plan for Gaza is due to be signed.Sir Keir Starmer will pay “particular tribute” to US President Donald Trump at the gathering in Sharm El-Sheikh, Downing Street has said.A ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Friday morning after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire agreement and hostage return deal brokered by Trump, with the next phases still to be negotiated. The US president will lead Monday’s summit alongside Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, with leaders from more than 20 countries in attendance, a spokesman for Sisi said.Under the deal, Hamas has until 12:00 (09:00 GMT) on Monday to release all Israeli hostages – including 20 who are believed to be alive, and the remains of up to 28 deceased hostages.Israel should also release around 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,700 detainees from Gaza, while increased amounts of aid should enter the Strip.Many details for the later phases, which would be negotiated after the successful completion of phase one, could be hard to reach agreement on – such as the governance of Gaza, the extent of Israeli troop withdrawal, and the disarming of Hamas.On Sunday, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the UK had “played a key role behind the scenes in shaping” the Gaza peace plan.Britain had been involved in “complex matters of diplomacy”, she told Sky News, without providing f …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnThe prime minister has arrived in Egypt ahead of an international summit where the peace plan for Gaza is due to be signed.Sir Keir Starmer will pay “particular tribute” to US President Donald Trump at the gathering in Sharm El-Sheikh, Downing Street has said.A ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Friday morning after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire agreement and hostage return deal brokered by Trump, with the next phases still to be negotiated. The US president will lead Monday’s summit alongside Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, with leaders from more than 20 countries in attendance, a spokesman for Sisi said.Under the deal, Hamas has until 12:00 (09:00 GMT) on Monday to release all Israeli hostages – including 20 who are believed to be alive, and the remains of up to 28 deceased hostages.Israel should also release around 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,700 detainees from Gaza, while increased amounts of aid should enter the Strip.Many details for the later phases, which would be negotiated after the successful completion of phase one, could be hard to reach agreement on – such as the governance of Gaza, the extent of Israeli troop withdrawal, and the disarming of Hamas.On Sunday, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the UK had “played a key role behind the scenes in shaping” the Gaza peace plan.Britain had been involved in “complex matters of diplomacy”, she told Sky News, without providing f …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
