Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Egypt to attend the Middle East peace summit, broadcaster NTV reports.
US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are also expected to participate in the summit.
Erdogan, a vociferous critic of Israel who has backed Hamas, has ramped up Turkish involvement in talks surrounding Gaza in recent months, and is thought to have played a key role in securing Hamas’s agreement for a plan ending the war and planning for the postwar governance and reconstruction of the Strip.
The first phase of the ceasefire plan proposed by Trump is set to begin with the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners by Monday.
Neither Israel nor Hamas plan to send representatives to the summit, according to reports.
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