The hostages in Gaza could be released at any time, from now on, US Vice President J.D. Vance said today, also confirming that continued US pressure will be necessary to ensure the stability of the Palestinian enclave in the future.

In an interview with NBC News, the US vice president emphasized that it is impossible to know the exact moment when these hostages will be released.

"But we have high hopes, which is precisely why the president (Trump) will go there to welcome the hostages at the beginning of the week," added J.D. Vance.

Donald Trump departs Washington this afternoon local time to initially visit Tel Aviv.

Under the terms of the agreement between Israel and Hamas, the 48 hostages or bodies of hostages remaining in Gaza are expected to be handed over to Israel before noon on Monday, Greek time.

J.D. Vance confirmed in another interview today with CBS News that sustained U.S. pressure will be necessary to ensure stability in Gaza. The vice president assured that the 200 American soldiers who will be present in the area will monitor the terms of the ceasefire.

This ranges from confirming that Israeli troops will be at the agreed-upon demarcation line, to ensuring that Hamas does not attack innocent Israelis, to doing everything they can to ensure that the peace we have created lasts and endures, he said, this time on ABC News.

But the idea that we will have troops on the ground in Gaza, in Israel, that is not our intention, added Jay Dees Vance.

After Tel Aviv, Donald Trump will travel to Egypt where he will chair, together with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the presence of leaders from more than 20 countries and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

No representative of the Israeli government or Hamas will, on the contrary, attend the signing of a document that will end the war in the Gaza Strip.