Hamas has completed the recounting and transfer of live Israeli hostages to several locations in the Gaza Strip in preparation for the release, a senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera on Sunday, adding that the hostages will be released at three locations.

According to AFP sources, Hamas is also insisting on the release of seven Palestinian leaders, with the release of one of them being rejected this week by an Israeli government spokeswoman.

According to Hamas' demands, those released include, among others, Marwan Barghouti, a member of the Fatah movement, which is opposed to Hamas, the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, and Hamas members from the occupied West Bank, Ibrahim Hamid and Abbas Sayyid.

Trump is scheduled to arrive in the region on Monday

US President Donald Trump is due to arrive in the region on Monday. He is expected to address the Knesset in Israel and meet with families of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

He is later scheduled to travel to Egypt for a peace summit, where he is scheduled to meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and attend the signing ceremony of the peace agreement with representatives of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, the countries that are guarantors of the agreement along with the United States.

The summit is being organized by Egyptian President Sisi, who has already invited several European and Arab statesmen, according to Axios. Leaders or foreign ministers from Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Indonesia are expected to attend. On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not currently scheduled to attend, an unnamed US official told the server on Saturday.