Gaza

Egypt has raised its healthcare system's readiness to receive wounded and ill patients from Gaza, placing 150 hospitals nationwide on high alert and mobilizing up to 300 fully equipped ambulances, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar chaired a high-level coordination meeting to oversee preparations for patients arriving through the Rafah crossing as cross-border medical evacuations resume.

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Jared Kushner avslöjade ett Trumpadministration-stött koncept för att återuppbygga Gaza under Världsekonomiska forumet i Davos, och presenterade glansiga renderingar av skyskrapor och kustturism. Kritiker och vissa palestinska analytiker säger att planen kringgår centrala politiska frågor, inklusive palestinsk självbestämmande och risken att ”frivillig migration” blir tvångsfördrivning.

Building on Egypt's prior condemnation at the African Union, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty accused Israel during an extraordinary Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers session of leveraging its unilateral Somaliland recognition to enable illegal Palestinian displacement and divisions in Gaza. He rejected the move as a violation of international law threatening security in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea.

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Egypt and Jordan called for deploying an international stability force in the Gaza Strip and forming a Palestinian technocratic committee to manage the territory under U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan. In a telephone conversation, the foreign ministers emphasized adhering to the ceasefire and fully implementing its terms, while stressing the transition to the second phase and ensuring sustainable humanitarian aid delivery.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed implementing the second phase of President Trump's peace plan for Gaza and the urgent need for an international stabilization force during meetings at the Sir Bani Yas Forum in the UAE on Saturday. He emphasized that consolidating the ceasefire is a top priority to ensure humanitarian aid flows and start reconstruction. The minister held high-level talks with UN, French, and Emirati officials on the Gaza crisis and regional stability.

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During the war on Gaza, a network of businessmen established a monopolistic system for coordinating the entry of goods and aid, earning over $1 billion over two years. Ibrahim al-Argany, owner of Sons of Sinai, controls the Egyptian line, while others manage the Israeli line, leading to skyrocketing commodity prices amid famine. The system relies on Israeli permits and partnerships with Palestinian companies, with repeated changes in the mechanism.