Egypt’s Sissi says it is important to reconstruct Gaza without displacing Palestinians

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (L) gestures next to Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during joint statements following their meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on February 19, 2025. (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (L) gestures next to Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during joint statements following their meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on February 19, 2025. (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi calls on the international community during a press conference with Spain’s prime minister in Madrid to adopt a plan to reconstruct war-torn Gaza without displacing Palestinians.

Sissi calls for the “international community’s support and adoption of a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip without displacing the Palestinian people — I repeat, without displacing the Palestinian people — from their land, which they cling to, and their homeland, which they do not agree to relinquish.”

Sanchez, one of the staunchest defenders of the Palestinian cause within the European Union, agrees, saying “Gaza belongs to the Palestinians and is part of the future Palestinian state.”

“Their expulsion would not only be immoral and contrary to international law and United Nations resolutions, but would also have a destabilizing effect,” he adds.

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