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Issued on: 12/10/2025 - 09:17Modified: 12/10/2025 - 09:20
Trucks were seen crossing into Gaza at the Rafah border early on Sunday as humanitarian groups scrambled to scale up aid for the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where guns remained silent three days into ceasefire with Israel. US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will on Monday chair a Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, the Egyptian presidency said. Follow our live blog for the latest updates.
Yesterday's developments:
- A senior Hamas official confirmed on Saturday that the release of 48 remaining Israeli hostages – living and dead – would begin on Monday morning, in exchange for 250 prisoners detained by Israel.
- Egypt said it would host an international summit "to end the war in Gaza" on Monday, attended by more than 20 leaders and chaired by US President Donald Trump and Egyptian's Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
- More than half a million displaced Palestinians have returned to Gaza City since the ceasefire came into effect Friday, according to Gaza's civil defence agency.
- The UN's humanitarian office said Israel had allowed agencies to start transporting 170,000 tonnes of aid into Gaza, provided the ceasefire holds.
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