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Israel says it also dropped more than 120 bombs on a Hamas tunnel.
A Hamas official who spoke anonymously to NPR in order to brief the media says it was rogue militants who carried out the deadly attack on Israeli troops.
President Trump also told reporters that, quote, rebels were behind the attack.
Meanwhile, White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are visiting Israel to discuss next steps of the ceasefire.
A senior Hamas delegation is also visiting Egypt for similar discussions.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
This was an important summit.
It brought together leaders from Europe, the Mideast, and beyond.
And it signaled that what comes next for Gaza will require international attention, including resources and boots on the ground.
These countries had been pressing for a ceasefire for a while, but ultimately it was Trump's intervention now.
that brought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree and got Egypt and Qatar, the two mediators, to convince Hamas that releasing the hostages had Trump's guarantee of a permanent end to the war.
But what comes next is murky, and there is still a lot that needs to be worked out.
Gaza needs tons of humanitarian aid, reconstruction, and Israeli forces still control more than half of Gaza's territory.
We are also looking to see whether Egypt's border with Gaza opens for heavy machinery to enter.
That is going to be needed for Hamas to retrieve some of the bodies of hostages it holds that are buried, I believe, in different parts of Gaza.
It's also needed to recover Palestinians from under the rubble of Israeli airstrikes, including one last night just before this deal was signed that struck a residential building in Gaza City.
At least 40 people are missing under the rubble of that Israeli airstrike incident.
example would be troop withdrawal.
When would Israel withdraw its troops?