Israel-Gaza live updates: Hamas publishes names of 20 living Israeli hostages to be released

While President Donald Trump and his team are celebrating the first phase of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, including the release of the hostages, he declined on Thursday to discuss what comes next.

Trump repeatedly refused to engage on questions about phase 2 or detail any guarantees to ensure the war does not continue after the hostages are released.

When asked if Palestinians will be able to stay in Gaza, the president would not commit. Instead, he pointed to the conditions, saying, “you can’t live right now in Gaza” and that they will “create better conditions for people,” echoing his previous position earlier this year when he argued Palestinians would have to leave so that Gaza could be rebuilt, raising concerns of ethnic cleansing.

Trump's response appears to run counter to his own 20-point peace plan, which says they will “encourage” people to stay in Gaza.

“No one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return,” the plan states.

In another seeming break from his own 20-point plan, the president refused to endorse a two-state solution, despite the plan saying “the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.”

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday and invited him to attend a planned ceremony in Egypt marking the signing of a Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement.

“President El-Sisi extended an invitation to President Trump to participate in a ceremony to be held in Egypt to mark concluding the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, considering it a historic agreement that crowns the joint efforts of Egypt, the United States, and the mediators over the past period,” a statement from the Egyptian President’s office after the call said.

Sisi said reaching an agreement was a “historic achievement,” and said Trump “deserves to receive the Nobel Peace Prize,” the statement added.

The date and time of the planned ceremony to sign the ceasefire deal were not immediately clear.

Trump said Thursday that he agreed to speak before the Israeli Knesset.

-ABC News' Ayat Al-Tawy

President Donald Trump said Israel and Hamas "reached a momentous breakthrough" agreement on Wednesday, saying "We ended the war in Gaza."

All remaining hostages held by Hamas will be released on Monday or Tuesday, Trump said, speaking at a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday. This includes the remains of 28 dead hostages, Trump said.

Gaza is going to be "slowly redone" with support from Arab states, Trump said.

Trump called the Oct. 7 attack "terrible," but acknowledged the deaths of 70,000 Palestinians -- calling it "big retribution" for Hamas.

Trump said he will be "leaving very soon" for the Middle East, saying a signing ceremony will be held in Egypt.  

"We're gonna end up having peace in the Middle East, who would've thought," he said. 

Israel's cabinet has postponed the meeting to ratify the ceasefire proposal until 8 p.m. local time, 1 p.m. ET, on Thursday. The first vote to ratify the deal was initially scheduled for 5 p.m. local time, 10 a.m. ET.

The second vote made by the Israeli government was scheduled for 6 p.m. local time, 11 a.m. ET.

The ratification of the deal will usher in the 72-hour window for Hamas to release all the living hostages and for Israel to release Palestinian prisoners, according to an Israeli official.