Trump in Egypt to discuss Gaza after initial hostage, prisoner exchangeU.S. President Donald Trump is in Egypt to discuss the future of Gaza after making a lengthy address to Israel’s parliament. Get the latest from CBC News Network on the exchange of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel — and a look at what to expect next.The LatestU.S. President Donald Trump and mediators signed a deal to end the war in Gaza as two dozen world leaders looked on. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was among those attending the signing.Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi spoke to media before the summit. Trump said Egypt played a “very important role” in ceasefire talks.Earlier, Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made speeches before the Knesset in Jerusalem on Day 5 of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.Trump’s speech praised Israel, declaring a “dawn of a new Middle East,” but he made few comments on Palestinians.The remaining 20 Israeli hostages who are alive were released earlier and are now on Israeli soil. Israel begins release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees.Preparations are underway at Gaza’s border to ramp up aid entering the war-battered territory.UpdatesOctober 1315 minutes agoTrump en route to WashingtonAnya ZoledziowskiU.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One en route to Washington, D.C., after participating in a world leaders’ summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)Trump has boarded Air Force One and is on his way back to Washington, D.C., marking the end of the international summit.20 minutes agoTrump’s peace plan not without critique Anya ZoledziowskiGaza deal lacks specifics for lasting peace, expert saysNader Hashemi, a professor of Middle East politics at Georgetown University, welcomes the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that the U.S. has brokered. But he says he remains skeptical that the deal alone will mean a lasting peace, as it lacks the necessary details. Now that Trump’s speech is over, let’s zoom out a bit. The day has been marked with lots of relief and celebration, as Israelis welcomed the remaining living hostages home and Palestinians received nearly 2,000 freed prisoners from Israel. This swap was a central point of the first phase of ending the war, according to the Trump administration. The focus is now shifting to next steps. Some experts, while hopeful, are worried that Trump’s plan won’t be effective.Nader Hashemi, a professor of Middle East politics at Georgetown University, told CBC News Network he believes it’s a “gross distortion” to think Monday’s events mark a possibility for broader regional peace. “This peace plan that Donald Trump is touting as being the best peace plan in thousands of years was a peace plan that was put together where one of the two parties to the conflict — the Palestinians — had no voice,” Hashemi said. “It was largely an Israeli peace plan that was drawn up with the Trump administration and input from Arab dictators.”Hashemi is hopeful for peace and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis “based on equality and safety and security,” but worries “this is not the plan that will get us there.”The concern, according to Hashemi, is that Trump’s peace plan will only offer a temporary pause in fighting, as opposed to a permanent resolution of the decades-long conflict. 52 minutes ago‘A lot of money coming’Anya ZoledziowskiTrump has finished speaking, but before he wrapped up, he offered vague next steps. Trump said there’s “a lot of money coming into Gaza,” but has yet to offer specifics. He did say that as money flows in, he will let the world know who is funding the “building” of Gaza because “they deserve great credit for doing it.” He also said: “We don’t want to fund anything to do with the hatred, bloodshed and terror,” and proceeded to say that Gaza’s reconstruction requires its demilitarization.Finally, he said that a “World War Three in the Middle East” will not happen. 1 hour agoTrump calls Carney ‘president’Anya ZoledziowskiHello all. My name is Anya Zoledziowski and I’m a senior writer on the news desk. I’m hopping in now.U.S. President Donald Trump is thanking the numerous world leaders for attending the summit, including Canada’s Mark Carney.But Trump appeared to refer to Carney as “president” instead of “prime minister.” 1 hour agoIsraeli military receives bodies of 4 hostagesSara JabakhanjiIsrael’s military says it has received four bodies of dead Israeli hostages who were held by Hamas in Gaza.The move by Hamas was frowned upon by Israel’s defence minister and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. They’re calling for the remains of the other Israeli hostages believed to have died and for the two whose fates are unknown to be transferred. 1 hour agoTrump talks humanitarian aid in Gaza, hostages reuniting Verity StevensonU.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks following the official signing of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, during a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)The U.S. president is speaking once again at the Sharm el-Sheikh peace summit, saying, “After years of suffering and bloodshed, the war in Gaza is over.” Trump said “humanitarian aid is now pouring” into the territory where more than one million people have been displaced. “The hostages are reuniting. I mean, it’s beautiful. I’m just watching it backstage, the level of love and sorrow — I’ve never seen anything like it.”2 hours agoAn example of ‘negative peace’Nahlah AyedNahlah Ayed is the host and producer of CBC IDEAs and an award-winning veteran of foreign reporting. She was previously based in the Middle East, where she spent nearly a decade covering the region, including many conflicts. (CBC)I’m Nahlah Ayed, host of Ideas, former Middle East correspondent.Despite Trump’s declaration of a “golden age of the Middle East,” the deal he has brokered is a classic example of a negotiated “negative peace” — the absence of violence — without addressing any of the underlying issues.In other words, while Trump’s deal ends just one particularly horrific and painful episode of violence in the Middle East, the larger Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains unsolved.The peace deal is silent on other symptoms of that decades-long conflict. They include the growing expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a key part of the region in which Palestinians hope to establish a state.Several world leaders attending the summit today — Carney included — have recently recognized a Palestinian state, as have most of the world’s nations. The presence of those leaders at the peace summit signals they see this deal as a step towards that goal, and towards a more comprehensive, lasting peace between Israelis and the Palestinian people as a whole.But Netanyahu has repeatedly voiced his opposition to a Palestinian state, and the U.S. has not moved to recognize one either. 2 hours agoCarney not expected to give speechSara JabakhanjiCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the world leaders’ summit Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters Pool)Mark Carney was among the world leaders at the peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh who stepped up and shook hands with Trump before posing for a picture. But Canada’s prime minister isn’t expected to give a speech following the signing of the peace deal. Earlier, Carney said Canada commends Trump’s involvement in advancing the peace plan, adding that it’s vital for parties to “engage constructively to achieve a sustainable and lasting peace agreement.”2 hours agoTrump signs Gaza ceasefire dealDavid Michael LambU.S. President Donald Trump signs the agreement at a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)Trump has now signed the deal aimed at ending the war in Gaza. He did it in a ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh, where the summit is being held. Representatives frm Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, cited as mediators, also signed the deal.Along with other world leaders, Trump is now moving to a room to hold private discussions with them. It’s expected that he will deliver a speech after that, likely in the next few hours.2 hours agoTrump puts himself in the spotlightDavid Michael LambU.S. President Donald Trump stands next to a ‘Peace 2025′ sign at the Egypt world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool via Reuters)In front of a white backdrop and with a large sign of white letters spelling out “Peace 2025,” Trump shook hands one by one with world leaders at the Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.Trump is co-chair of the summit, along with Egypt’s president. But the parade of leaders standing with the U.S. president and smiling for the cameras put him sqarely in the spotlight.Everyone from Canada’s Mark Carney to European and Middle Eastern leaders stepped up, as well as the UN secretary general.A group photo capped off the moment.
Trump signs Gaza peace deal at Egypt summit with other world leaders
