President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron shared another long, aggressive handshake while meeting at the signing of the Gaza peace agreement in Egypt.

Heads of state and senior officials from several countries arrived in Egypt on Monday to participate in an international Gaza peace summit.

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as U.S. President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year long war that has upended the broader Middle East.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Monday that Egypt will host a conference on rebuilding Gaza, following a cease-fire and a deal for

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has departed Berlin for Egypt to attend the signing of the Gaza peace deal along with more than a dozen global leaders. Germany has pledged to support the implementation of the US-backed peace plan between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas,

As Israel and Hamas implement the first phase of a Gaza peace plan, questions remain unanswered over what comes next.