Israeli soldiers stand near their tanks along the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel Friday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

U.S. service members will arrive in Israel by Sunday to oversee the implementation of the ceasefire with Hamas, Fox News has learned.

The U.S. troops, all of whom come from the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), will set up the civil military command center as the ceasefire unfolds, a senior U.S. official said.

Some of the service members are coming from the U.S., and some were already in the region. Most are with the Army.

They are experts in logistics, security, engineering and transportation.

Read the full article about the ceasefire by Brie Stimson, Jennifer Griffin and James Levinson

A man ferries water containers past a mosque in Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of Sharm Al-Sheikh on October 12, 2025. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt is slated to host several world leaders at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, a resort city near the Red Sea, on Monday.

An Egyptian presidential spokesperson told the Times of Israel that the meeting will focus on finalizing an agreement to end the war in Gaza.

Over 20 leaders will be present, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Foreign officials from France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the U.A.E. and the U.K. will also attend.

Reports state that the U.S. expanded the list to also include attendees from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Canada, Cyprus, El Salvador, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, Kuwait and Spain.

Israel was not invited to the event, according to reports.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan involves two phases. The initial step was a ceasefire, which went into effect on Friday, along with Israeli troop withdrawals from urban parts of Gaza that same day. Israel will control at least 53% of the Gaza Strip as part of the first phase of the peace deal.

The first part requires that the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza release roughly 20 Israeli hostages who are believed to be alive and the bodies of 28 hostages. Trump said the hostage release could unfold either on Monday or Tuesday because “getting them is a complicated process.” After the hostages are transferred to Israel, the Jewish state will release 250 Palestinian terrorists and criminals who are incarcerated in Israeli prisons. Israel will be obligated to free 1,700 Palestinian Gazans who have been detained during Israel’s war against the Iran-backed Hamas.

The second phase will be a heavy lift, according to experts, because it requires that Hamas lay down its weapons and be disarmed. Hamas would play no role in the future governance of the Mediterranean enclave. The Gaza Strip would be a military-free zone with all “military, terror and offensive infrastructure” destroyed.