US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to attend a ministerial meeting to be held on Thursday in Paris with European, Arab and other states to discuss a transition of power in Gaza, three diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
The meeting, which will happen in parallel to negotiations between Israel, Hamas and mediators in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, aims to discuss how to implement a plan proposed by US President Donald Trump and assess collective commitments from countries.
The plan calls for an interim, “technocratic” government to take control of Gaza from the Hamas terror group, which Israel has been battling for two years.
The negotiations in Egypt are currently focused on the first stage of the plan, which calls for Hamas to return all 48 of the hostages it is holding, while Israel is to release 250 Palestinian security prisoners serving life sentences and some 1,700 Gazans detained amid the war, amid a ceasefire.
The US embassy in Paris is not immediately available for comment.
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