US, regional countries sign Gaza ceasefire deal in Egypt

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also signed the document on Monday in the Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

"This took 3,000 years to get to this point. Can you believe it? And it's going to hold up too. It's going to hold up,” Trump said in the middle of signing the document.

“This is the day that people around the region and across the world have been working, striving, hoping, and praying for,” the US president said.

“Nobody thought this could happen,” Trump said, describing the Gaza ceasefire agreement as “historic.”

Trump continued his speech, saying that “after years of suffering and bloodshed, the war in Gaza is over."

“Humanitarian aid is now pouring in, including hundreds of truckloads of food, medical equipment and other supplies, much of it paid by people in this room," he said.

Trump also extended his “tremendous gratitude to the Arab and Muslim nations who helped make this incredible breakthrough possible.”

The Egyptian president also extended his thanks to Trump, as well as the leaders of Qatar and Turkey. The Egyptian president then reiterated his support for the Gaza plan with the hope of creating a political horizon for the implementation of the so-called two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The signing ceremony came after Hamas returned the 20 remaining living captives in Gaza under phase one of the US-brokered deal. It also handed over four coffins with the remains of dead captives. Israel also released 250 Palestinian prisoners and more than 1,700 detainees from Gaza, who had been held without charge.