Egypt urges intensified efforts with US to stop Gaza war, prevent displacement

CAIRO – 25 September 2025: Egypt has called for intensified coordination with the United States to stop the bloodshed in Gaza and to block any attempts to displace Palestinians.

Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty conveyed the message during talks on Wednesday with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, held on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Abdelatty reaffirmed President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s appreciation for the efforts led by US President Donald Trump to halt the war, following the summit between the US and the leaders of several Arab and Muslim countries convened on Tuesday.

The Egyptian foreign minister stated that the summit took place in a positive atmosphere.

At the summit, Trump met Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, representing President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, alongside UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, and leaders from Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, Pakistan, and Indonesia to discuss the war.

“We want to end the war in Gaza. We’re going to end it. Maybe we can end it right now,” Trump told reporters at the start of the meeting.

'Trump 21-Point Plan'

US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff, who attended, outlined what he called “the Trump 21-point plan for peace in the Middle East, in Gaza,” saying he expected “some sort of breakthrough … in the coming days.”

 

Speaking at the Concordia Summit in New York on Wednesday, he described Trump’s meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders as “very productive,” noting that their plan addresses both Israeli concerns and those of “all the neighbors in the region.”

President Sisi later praised “the proposals” that Trump presented during the summit as “an important foundation upon which we can build further in the coming period to achieve peace.”

“I appreciate the efforts of the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, to stop the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip in particular, and his pursuit of peace in the Middle East at large,” Sisi said in a social media post.

Since the outbreak of the war in October 2023, the Israeli army has killed more than 65,400 people, displaced most of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents, and reduced much of the enclave to rubble.

Ongoing strikes and restrictions on aid have also pushed the territory into famine.

Blocking Displacement

Over the past two years, Egypt has repeatedly rejected US-Israeli schemes to displace Palestinians from Gaza toward the Egyptian territory.

Abdelatty reiterated to his Cypriot counterpart, Constantinos Kombos, this week that Egypt condemns attempts to displace Palestinians from their lands as a "red line."

Instead, Egypt, alongside Qatar and the United States, has been mediating talks between Hamas and Israel to reach a ceasefire.

Egypt has also led a $53 billion initiative, endorsed by the Arab and Muslim worlds as well as the European Union for Gaza early recovery and reconstruction, while ensuring Palestinians remain on their lands.

Egypt reaffirmed in August that it will not participate in the displacement of Palestinians, viewing it as "a historical injustice that has no moral or legal justification" and will lead to "the liquidation of the Palestinian cause."

Amid recent reports regarding Israeli consultations with certain countries to accept displaced Palestinians, Cairo has called for nations to “refrain from complicity in this immoral crime,” which constitutes “both a war crime and an act of ethnic cleansing.”