Egypt, Qatar continue intensified efforts to end Gaza war

CAIRO – 5 October 2025: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani affirmed continued coordination between the two mediating countries to put an end to the ongoing war in Gaza based on the plan proposed by US President Donald Trump.

During a phone call on Saturday, both sides stressed the importance of leveraging regional and international engagement around the plan to stop the war in Gaza.

Moreover, They called for building on the momentum generated by Trump’s Gaza plan as an opportunity to stop the bloodshed and end the unprecedented humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians.

The foreign ministers reaffirmed the Arab position demanding an immediate halt to the war, full and unhindered access for humanitarian, relief and medical aid, and categorical rejection of any attempts to displace Palestinians or alter Gaza’s demographic reality.

They also underlined that the unity of Palestinian territories—Gaza and the West Bank—remains the foundation for achieving a two-state solution and establishing an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The call by the two Arab mediators came after both Israel and Hamas agreed to move ahead with the first phases of a plan outlined by Trump to halt the war in the enclave and ensure the release of remaining captives.

Cairo is scheduled to host delegations from Israel and Hamas on Monday, 6 October, to discuss arrangements for a prisoner exchange, said the Egyptian foreign ministry.

The talks will focus on “providing the necessary field conditions and finalizing the details of the exchange of all Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners in accordance with US President Donald Trump’s proposal,” the ministry said in a statement today.

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are also leading a delegation to the Egyptian capital to start talks on concluding Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, according to media reports.