President Donald Trump announced peace in the Middle East as Israeli hostages returned from Gaza, but uncertainties remain about the future of the U.S. peace plan.

U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration brokered the deal, made a whirlwind visit to the region, first to Israel where he addressed the parliament to repeated applause. He landed Monday afternoon in Egypt for the “Summit of Peace” where world leaders are to discuss the ceasefire plan.

At the center of the negotiations were the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who helped bring Israel, Hamas and surrounding nations to the table over the past several months.

After the Gaza cease-fire, the president is aiming for a broader peace in a region transformed by two years of fighting.

All 20 live Israeli hostages held by Hamas were freed Monday, marking the first phase of President Trump’s brokered Middle East peace plan.

Hamas released the final 20 living hostages it held in Gaza in return for the freeing of nearly 2,000 Palestinians from Israeli prisons, in a landmark exchange that forms a crucial part of US President Donald Trump’s push to end the two-year war in the Palestinian enclave.

It is time to translate these victories against terrorists on the battlefield into the ultimate prize of peace and prosperity," Trump tells Israel.

Trump gave an hour-long speech to the Israeli parliament as hostages were freed and the Palestinian prisoner release began. Here are the key moments.

President Donald Trump hailed a "new beginning" for the Middle East ahead of his address to Israeli parliament following the Hamas hostage release.

Presidents dating back to the Carter administration have sought to bring peace to a region fraught with terror and warring for centuries.

Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East during a global summit on Gaza's future, trying to advance broader peace in the region after visiting Israel to celebrate a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hamas.