US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, thanked Türkiye, Qatar, and Egypt on Saturday for their mediation efforts to reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement, describing their roles as “critical and integral” to ending the war.

The goal of the task force is to return as many remains of abducted individuals as possible to Israel, along with the living hostages, within 72 hours. A joint Israeli-US-Qatari-Egyptian task force will be established to locate the remains of deceased hostages whose location is unknown.

Officials representing Hamas militants, Qatar, and Egypt were seen in a meeting on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan was accepted on Thursday, according to Egyptian media. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

Three Qatari diplomats were killed in a car crash near Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, two security sources told Reuters on Sunday.