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Trump, el-Sissi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani signed a document that Trump said would lay the groundwork for Gaza’s future.
United States President Donald Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East during a global summit on Gaza’s future co-chaired with Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al Sissi in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday. World leaders representing nearly three dozen countries joined the summit to try to advance broader peace in the region.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited but declined, with his office saying it was too close to a Jewish holiday. The meeting took place as Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners as part of a US-brokered ceasefire agreement.
Trump, el-Sissi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani signed a document that Trump said would lay the groundwork for Gaza’s future. Despite unanswered questions about next steps in the Palestinian enclave, which has been devastated during the conflict, Trump is determined to seize an opportunity to chase an elusive regional harmony.
Trump’s Middle East tour also included an address to the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, in which he declared Israel’s war on Gaza to be over and called for peace.
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Trump promised to help rebuild Gaza, and he urged Palestinians to “turn forever from the path of terror and violence.”Israel’s two-year ground and air assaults on Gaza have killed over 67,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health ministry. A UN report released in September found that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinian in the Gaza Strip.