Left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2024; Right: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in Paris, June 23, 2023 (Ronen Zvulun/via AP; /Lewis Joly/AP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just spoken by phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sissi, as US President Donald Trump listens in, Channel 12 news reports. In the call, apparently brokered by Trump at the Knesset, Netanyahu accepted an invitation by the Egyptian leader to join the international summit on Trump’s Gaza peace plan in Sharm El-Sheikh today, according to the report.
Sissi has avoided speaking to Netanyahu throughout the war, and did not initially invite the prime minister to today’s summit.
US President Donald Trump (L) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on Jerusalem on October 13, 2025 (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will also be among the 30 world leaders at the summit, along with the leaders of Qatar and Indonesia.
Netanyahu has refused to endorse a role for the PA in post-war Gaza, while Trump has not ruled it out.
Channel 12 also says, without citing a source, that preparations are underway for a possible visit to Israel tomorrow by Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto.
The Egyptian presidency confirms that Netanyahu will take part in the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.
The statement also mentioned the participation of Abbas. According to the announcement, their attendance is intended to “reaffirm commitment to the Gaza ceasefire agreement.”
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