Trump to attend Gaza summit in Egypt
President Trump plans to attend a leaders summit on Gaza in Egypt next week, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi organizing and inviting European and Arab leaders, Axios reports. The summit in Sharm el‑Sheikh is expected to follow Trump’s Monday visit to Israel for a Knesset speech and meetings with hostage families, and include a signing ceremony with the Gaza deal’s guarantors—Egypt, Qatar and Turkey—though Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is not expected to attend.
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📌 Key Facts
- U.S. officials confirmed Trump plans to attend; the White House declined comment.
- Invited participants include leaders/foreign ministers from Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, Qatar, UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Indonesia.
- Summit likely Tuesday in Sharm el‑Sheikh; could move to Monday.
📚 Contextual Background
- A peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump called for Hamas to free all remaining hostages and for the Israeli military to begin withdrawing from parts of Gaza in phases; the plan also proposed transferring parts of Gaza to a "technocratic" Palestinian committee and deploying a temporary security force backed by Arab states.
- The proposed plan specified that Hamas would release the remaining hostages taken on October 7, 2023 within 72 hours of an agreement, and that Israel would release 250 Palestinians serving life sentences plus 1,700 other Gazans detained after the start of the conflict as part of the exchange.