Document Signed to Support Gaza Ceasefire Agreement at Sharm el-Sheikh Summit in Egypt

A document supporting the recently reached ceasefire agreement in Gaza was signed on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh by the four mediators of the accord, without the participation of Israel or Hamas.

The document was signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, U.S. President Donald Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The summit, co-chaired by the Egyptian and U.S. presidents, was attended by leaders from more than 20 countries, as well as representatives of regional and international organizations.

“I welcome you all to the Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit, at this historic, pivotal, and crucial moment in which we have witnessed together the conclusion of the Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement to end the war in Gaza,” Al-Sisi said during his address at the summit.

Al-Sisi stated that the measure stands as “a ray of hope that this agreement will close a painful chapter in the history of humanity and open the door to a new era of peace and stability in the Middle East, granting the peoples of the region—already exhausted by conflict—a better tomorrow.”

The Egyptian leader reaffirmed his support for the implementation of the ceasefire plan in Gaza and stressed that the agreement must be “consolidated, and all its phases implemented, leading to the realization of the two-state solution.”

According to the Egyptian presidency, the summit focused on supporting the Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement—reached on October 9 through the mediation of Egypt, the United States, Qatar, and Turkey—to end the war in Gaza.

It also addressed the importance of international cooperation to provide all necessary means to ensure the implementation and continuity of the agreement’s provisions, including a comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza, completion of the hostage and prisoner exchange process, Israeli withdrawal, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

The first phase of the plan includes the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza City, Rafah, Khan Younis, and the northern region, the reopening of five crossings for aid delivery, and the exchange of hostages and prisoners.

Earlier today, Hamas announced that it had already released more than 20 living hostages captured during the October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel.

Meanwhile, Israeli authorities have begun releasing approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of the exchange agreement.

More than two years of Israeli military operations have devastated Gaza, resulting in the deaths of over 67,000 people and causing widespread famine, according to Gaza’s health authorities and UN-supported food security experts.