SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT (OCT. 13, 2025) (EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY - RESTRICTED) RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY - RESTRICTED” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— SHOTLIST: 1. VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS WAITING / US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WALKING OUT OF VEHICLE / OFFICIALS SHAKING HANDS WITH TRUMP 2. TRUMP AND EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI WAITING 3. VARIOUS OF TRUMP ANSWERING QUESTIONS OF PRESS MEMBERS (SOUND OF TRANSLATION INTO ARABIC) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT - OCT. 13, 2025 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY - RESTRICTED” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the second phase of his Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal has begun, foreshadowing major developments following a critical summit in Egypt. "It started, as far as we're concerned, phase two has started. And, you know, the phases are all a little bit mixed in with each other," Trump told reporters in Sharm El-Sheikh where he was being hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of the convening of what the White House is calling a "Middle East Peace Ceremony." Egypt said the summit aims “to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to bring peace and stability to the Middle East, and usher in a new phase of regional security and stability.” Trump said reconstruction in Gaza has commenced as regional states finance the effort. "In another room, you have the wealthiest, some of the wealthiest nations in the world, all leaders. The big leaders are here, the emirs and the kings and everybody," he said. "I think you'll see some tremendous progress both in the Middle East." The first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement took effect on Friday under Trump’s plan to end the two-year Israeli war on the enclave. Earlier Monday, Hamas and Israel carried out a prisoner swap deal that saw hundreds of Palestinian prisoners released from Israel's notorious Ofer military prison, and Israeli prison facilities in the Negev Desert. All 20 living Israeli hostages were also released from captivity. Trump said efforts are underway to locate the bodies of the hostages who died in captivity, saying "they know where numerous are, you know, I guess five or six are in yet now." "They're looking for bodies. They know the areas and the search parties out, and they're doing it in conjunction with Israel, and they're going to be finding quite a few of them," he said. Since October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed more than 67,800 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them women and children, leaving the enclave largely uninhabitable.