WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will try to attend a signing ceremony on the Gaza ceasefire deal in Egypt.

"I'm going to try and make a trip over. We're going to try and get over there, and we're working on the timing, the exact timing," Trump said at a White House cabinet meeting.

Trump added that the Gaza hostages would be released "on Monday or Tuesday."

Israel and Hamas began indirect negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday.

Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first phase of a Gaza peace plan.