Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has called for Israel to withdraw completely from Gaza and allow the sustained delivery of humanitarian aid under US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.
Abdelatty made the demand during a telephone conversation with Nikolay Mladenov, director-general of Trump’s Board of Peace, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The two officials reviewed efforts to implement the plan and discussed the proposed deployment of the International Stabilization Force, which is expected to assume responsibility for security inside the Palestinian territory.
Cairo has repeatedly pressed for an Israeli withdrawal and rejected any attempt to displace Palestinians from Gaza or place the enclave under permanent Israeli control.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally rejected the 15-point peace proposal on Sunday, casting further doubt on its implementation.
