The 21st day of the ceasefire in Gaza witnessed a new exchange of three Israeli detainees from the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced the handover of three Israeli detainees: Eliyahu Datsun Yosef Sharabi, Or Avraham Lesha Levi, and Ohad Ben Ami. Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces released 183 Palestinian prisoners today, Saturday, under the agreement, as hundreds of Palestinians received the prisoners’ buses in the center of the city of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, while ambulances transported some prisoners for treatment after arriving in the city. The fate of the prisoners from the Gaza Strip and the prisoners deported from Palestine is not yet clear.

Meanwhile, an Israeli working delegation is scheduled to head to the Qatari capital, Doha, on Saturday to discuss indirect negotiations on the continuation of the ceasefire in Gaza for the time being. According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, the delegation includes officials from the intelligence services (Mossad) and the General Security Service (Shin Bet), and is not tasked with negotiating the second phase of the ceasefire, but is instead dedicated to clarifying the details related to implementing the current phase.

As Israel Hayom reported, the delegation that will leave for Doha to negotiate the second stage of the deal will be low-level, with most of its members newcomers who were not in the previous rounds in Qatar, and without the leadership of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar or Mossad chief David Barnea, and also without Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who is supposed to replace them.

On the other hand, US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is in no rush to implement his proposal for the United States to control the Gaza Strip and evacuate its residents to “develop real estate projects.” Trump told reporters at the White House, while receiving Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, that there is “no rush at all” to implement the proposal. Trump added that his plan, which he described as “real estate deals,” has been “very well received.” It is unclear who he was referring to, after his plan was met with criticism from regional leaders, close allies, and some of his closest Republican allies in Congress. Continuing his controversial statements, Trump said that “Israel will give it to us (Gaza), and they will monitor the situation from a security standpoint.” He continued: “We are not talking about having boots on the ground or anything like that, but I think the fact that we are there, and that there are investments there, will contribute greatly to providing peace,” he claimed.

This comes as the US State Department announced its approval of two arms deals for the Israeli occupation, including missiles and military equipment worth a total of approximately $7.41 billion, as part of the US President Donald Trump administration’s move to strengthen its military support for Israel. He said in a previous statement that “a large number of things” that Israel requested from the United States are currently being delivered, after press reports indicated that his administration lifted the ban on a shipment of bombs weighing 2,000 pounds (907 kg).