Middle East live updates: Siegel's family thanks Trump 'for bringing our father back'

Thousands of Egyptians gathered on Friday near the Rafah border crossing to protest a proposal by President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan, according to Egyptian media.

Thousands of protesters chanted slogans against the displacement of Palestinians and waved Egyptian and Palestinian flags near the border, local TV footage showed.

The area is highly secured and can only be accessed with a government escort.

Last week, Trump proposed a plan to "clean out" the war-torn Gaza Strip, and relocate its residents to Jordan and Egypt, an idea both countries have dismissed. Despite this, Trump insisted Thursday that the two states will ultimately take displaced Gazans.

"They will do it," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked for his response to the Egyptian and Jordanian refusal, and whether he would consider imposing tariffs on either country to push them.

"We do a lot for them, and they’re going to do it," Trump said.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi had said that the forced displacement of Palestinians is an "injustice that we can never take part in."

He said Egyptians would take to the streets to reject the relocation of Palestinians if he asked them about Trump’s proposal.

-ABC News' Ayat El-Tawy

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues, at least 462,000 people have crossed from the south into Northern Gaza in the last week, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Displaced Palestinians are also moving from north to south, in smaller numbers -- about 1,400 people in total as of Friday, according to OCHA.

Across Gaza, extensive efforts are underway to restore critical services and provide aid amid an urgent need for supplies.

The spokesperson for Hamas’ military wing has announced the names of three hostages the group will release on Saturday as part of the ceasefire agreement with Israel.

Among them is U.S.-Israeli citizen Keith Siegel and Israeli national Yarden Bibas, the husband of Shiri Bibas, according to a statement from Hamas.

Seven more hostages have been released on Thursday morning, according to a joint statement from the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency.

"According to information communicated by the Red Cross, seven hostages, including two Israelis and five foreign nationals, were transferred to them and are on their way toward IDF and ISA forces in the Gaza Strip."