Egypt urges enabling International Stabilization Force to carry out Gaza mandate

CAIRO – 23 November 2025: Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty highlighted the importance of enabling the International Stabilization force (ISF) in Gaza to carry out its mission.

He made the remarks during a meeting with France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot on Sunday on the sidelines of the G20 meetings in South Africa’s Johannesburg city.

According to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Abdelatty stressed the need to implement the latest UN Security Council resolution on Gaza.

He also emphasized consolidating the ceasefire and invited France to participate actively in the upcoming international conference on early recovery and reconstruction in Gaza, which Egypt will host.

The ISF is a temporary multinational force set to be formed under US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, endorsed last week by the UN Security Council Resolution 2803.

According to the resolution, the ISF should work with Egypt and Israel along with newly trained and vetted Palestinian police force to implement various tasks, including ensuring the demilitarizion of Gaza and the destruction of existing military infrastructure.

The resolution also endorses the creation of a “Board of Peace (BoP)” as a transitional administration led by Trump and other notable leaders to oversee a technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza.

Hamas rejected the resolution, warning that “assigning the international force tasks within Gaza, including disarming the resistance, undermines its neutrality and turns it into a party in the conflict in favor of the [Israeli] occupation.”

Talks between the Egyptian and French foreign ministers also covered crises in Lebanon and Sudan besides the Iranian nuclear file and bilateral relations.