CAIRO (Reuters): Mediators Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey on Monday signed with U.S. President Donald Trump a document on the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
The document was signed during the international peace summit hosted by Egypt in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
The agreement signing came after the Israeli prison service said that it freed nearly 1,968 Palestinian detainees as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, which was brokered with help from the US, Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey.
Huge crowds welcomed buses carrying freed Palestinian detainees and prisoners have arrived in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
On the other hand, Hamas released 20 remaining living Israeli hostages and war prisoners. Later, Hamas handed over the remains of two deceased hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, an official involved in the operation said on Monday.
Earlier in the Gaza summit, US President Trump met Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, with the pair shaking hands in their first encounter in eight years, AFP reports.
Trump and Abbas spoke for several seconds before the US leader held his hand and then gave a thumbs-up to the cameras at the summit in Sharm El-Sheikh.
French President Emmanuel Macron escorted Abbas to the podium to meet Trump.
