Folks head in direction of their properties within the Shijaiyah neighborhood, Gaza Metropolis, on January 28, 2025. Displaced Palestinians return following a ceasefire, discovering their neighborhoods in ruins.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Egypt introduced Sunday it will host a summit of Arab leaders later within the month, amid alarm within the area over President Trump’s proposals concerning the way forward for Gaza.
A press release by the Egyptian overseas ministry says the summit is being referred to as in response to a Palestinian request.
It stated the leaders will collect on Feb. 27 to debate “the brand new and harmful developments within the Palestinian problem.”
Arab states have rejected Trump’s current feedback about relocating Gaza’s residents and making a “Riviera of the Center East” there, as have Palestinian leaders.
Trump made the proposal Tuesday when he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington D.C. Chatting with reporters on the White Home Friday, Trump stated he seen the proposal as “an actual property transaction, the place we’ll be an investor in that a part of the world.” He added that he was in “no rush to do something.”
A number of international locations additionally condemned a suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — that Saudi Arabia has sufficient land for a Palestinian state.
Netanyahu seemed to be joking in response to a slip by an Israeli TV interviewer, however his phrases reverberated via the area at a time when tensions are operating excessive.
