Individuals 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 relating to the way forward for Gaza.
A press release by the Egyptian overseas ministry says the summit is being known as in response to a Palestinian request.
It mentioned the leaders will collect on Feb. 27 to debate “the new and dangerous developments in the Palestinian issue.”
Arab states have rejected Trump’s current feedback about relocating Gaza’s residents and making a “Riviera of the Middle East” there, as have Palestinian leaders.
Trump made the proposal Tuesday when he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington D.C. Talking to reporters on the White Home Friday, Trump mentioned he considered the proposal as “a real estate transaction, where we’ll be an investor in that part of the world.” He added that he was in “no rush to do anything.”
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 gave the impression to be joking in response to a slip by an Israeli TV interviewer, however his phrases reverberated by the area at a time when tensions are operating excessive.
