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World Leaders Support Gaza Ceasefire   10/13 06:07

   Egypt's foreign minister told The Associated Press on Monday that the 
success of U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for peace in the region is his 
continued commitment to the process, including applying pressure on the 
parties, engagement and "even deployment on the ground" with international 
forces expected to carry out peacekeeping duties in the next phase.

   SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) -- Egypt's foreign minister told The Associated 
Press on Monday that the success of U.S. President Donald Trump's vision for 
peace in the region is his continued commitment to the process, including 
applying pressure on the parties, engagement and "even deployment on the 
ground" with international forces expected to carry out peacekeeping duties in 
the next phase.

   Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said Monday that it's crucial to ensure that 
Israel and Hamas fully implement the first phase of the ceasefire deal so that 
the parties, with international backing, can begin negotiations on the second 
phase.

   The international force needs a U.N. Security Council resolution to endorse 
its deployment, he said.

   "We need American engagement, even deployment on the ground, to identify the 
mission, task and mandate of this force," Abdelatty said.

   THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below.

   SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) -- The U.S. and Egyptian presidents are chairing 
a gathering of world leaders dubbed "the Summit for Peace" to support ending 
the more than two-year war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal.

   Israel and Hamas have no direct contacts and were not expected to attend 
Monday's summit.

   Israel has rejected any role in Gaza for the internationally backed 
Palestinian Authority, whose leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is attending.

   Leaders from Turkey, Jordan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the United 
Nations and European Union also have all said they will attend.

   The summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh comes on 
the same day that Hamas released 20 remaining living Israeli hostages and 
Israel is to free hundreds of Palestinians from its prisons, crucial steps 
after a ceasefire began on Friday.

   But major questions remain unanswered over what happens next, raising the 
risk of slide back into war.

   So why are the world leaders meeting?

   A new page

   Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's office said the summit aims to 
"end the war" in Gaza and "usher in a new page of peace and regional stability" 
in line with U.S. President Donald Trump's vision.

   The two sides came under pressure from the United States, Arab countries and 
Turkey to agree on the ceasefire's first phase negotiated in Qatar.

   Now, as the hostage release and prisoner exchange were underway, the summit 
in Sharm el-Sheikh seeks to rally international support behind the next, more 
complex, phase of the proposed deal, including technical and financial 
committment.

   In March, Egypt proposed a postwar plan for Gaza that would allow its 2.3 
million people to remain. At the time, that was a counterproposal to a Trump 
plan to depopulate the territory.

   The two leaders co-chairing the international summit signals that they are 
working together on a path forward.

   Directly tackling the remaining issues in depth is unlikely at the 
gathering, expected to last about two hours. El-Sissi and Trump are expected to 
issue a joint statement after it ends.

   Under the first phase, Israeli troops pulled back from some parts of Gaza, 
allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza to return home from 
areas they were forced to evacuate. Aid groups are preparing to bring in large 
quantities of aid kept out of the territory for months.

   Hostage and prisoner exchange: Logistical challenge

   The negotiations will have to tackle the issues of disarming Hamas, creating 
a post-war government for Gaza and the extent of Israel's withdrawal from the 
territory. Trump's plan also stipulates that regional and international 
partners will work to develop the core of a new Palestinian security force.

   Another major issue is raising funds for rebuilding Gaza. The World Bank, 
and Egypt's postwar plan, estimate reconstruction and recovery needs in Gaza at 
$53 billion. Egypt plans to host a future reconstruction conference.

   Who is missing?

   Hamas.

   The two primary parties to the conflict -- staunch enemies who have little 
trust in each other and a number of failed negotiations behind them -- are not 
attending face to face.

   Negotiations in Doha and in previous rounds were indirect, with Egypt and 
Qatar as meditators.

   Iran, a main backer of Hamas, is not attending either, even though it 
received an invite.

   Iran finds itself at one of its weakest moments since its 1979 Islamic 
Revolution. Iranian officials portrayed the ceasefire deal as a victory for 
Hamas but it underlined Iran's waning influence in the region and revived 
concerns over possible renewed conflict with Israel as it still struggles to 
recover from the 12-day war in June.

   A state function

   The conference is likely to see world leaders praise Trump's push for the 
ceasefire. For his part, El-Sissi is almost certainly relieved that Egypt has 
warded off plans to depopulate the Gaza Strip.

   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to attend. Turkey, which 
hosted Hamas political leaders for years, played a key role in bringing about 
the ceasefire agreement. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are 
also expected.

   King Abdullah of Jordan is among the expected attendees. His country, 
alongside Egypt, will train the new Palestinian security force.

   Germany, one of Israel's strongest international backers and top suppliers 
of military equipment, plans to be represented by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He 
has expressed concern over Israel's conduct of the war and its plan for a 
military takeover of Gaza. He plans on co-hosting the reconstruction of Gaza 
conference with Egypt.

   Britain's Prime Minister is Keir Starmer is among the leaders who plans to 
attend. He has said will pledge 20 million British pounds (27 million dollars) 
to help provide water and sanitation for Gaza and said Britain will host a 
three-day conference to coordinate plans for Gaza's reconstruction and recovery.

   U.N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres, European Union President Antnio 
Costa and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have also said they will be 
attending.

   The venue

   Sharm el-Sheikh, the Red Sea resort at the tip of the Sinai Peninsula, has 
been host to many peace negotiations in the past decades.

   Sharm el-Sheikh was briefly occupied by Israel for a year in 1956. After 
Israel withdrew, a United Nations peacekeeping force was stationed there until 
1967, when Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered the peacekeepers to 
leave, a move that precipitated the Six-Day War that year.

   Sharm el-Sheikh and the rest of the Sinai Peninsula were returned to Egypt 
in 1982, following a 1979 peace treaty with Israel.

   The town -- now known for a luxury beach resort, dive sites and desert tours 
-- also hosted many peace summits and rounds of negotiations between Israel and 
the Palestinians under President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in 2011. Under El-Sissi, 
the city has also been hosted many international conferences Monday's is it's 
first peace summit under him.

 
 
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