US President Donald Trump's lightning summit in Egypt, meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, was more a celebration of one man's newfound peacemaker persona than a high-level political negotiation, according to diplomats.

Trump and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and Turkey -- guarantors to the Israel-Hamas deal -- signed a document on Monday that one diplomat called "more of a vision statement than anything".

In devastated Gaza, the ceasefire is mostly holding, but most of the details of Trump's 20-point peace plan have yet to be thrashed out.

These include significant possible stumbling blocks, like Hamas's disarmament, the Palestinian territory's future governance and the role of a supervisory so-called "Board of Peace".

While Trump held what amounted to a victory rally in the Israeli Knesset on Monday, more than two dozen world leaders -- including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UN chief Antonio Guterres -- were kept waiting all day in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

In a meeting held ahead of his arrival, they intended to........

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