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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 618

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi

Swedish director Tarik Saleh and his wife Frida Franzen Saleh leave after the screening of the film "Eagles of the Republic" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 19, 2025. (Sameer AL-DOUMY / AFP)
May 20, 2025, 1:58 am
Egyptian director skewers President Sissi in political thriller at Cannes festival
‘Eagles of the Republic’ tells of Egyptian filmmaker forced to make propaganda film; director used real footage of Sissi, found lookalike to briefly play him
By AFP
Arab leaders pose for a group photo ahead of the opening session of the 34th Arab League summit in Baghdad on May 17, 2025. (Hadi Mizban / POOL / AFP)
May 17, 2025, 6:00 pm
Leaders at Arab League summit push for Gaza ceasefire, pledge reconstruction money
PA’s Abbas calls on Hamas to give up power, hand over weapons; Egypt’s Sissi describes Israel’s actions as ‘systematic crimes’ aimed at ‘obliterating and annihilating’ Gazans
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (C) shake hands upon arrival at Arish International Airport near Egypt's northeastern city of Arish in the north of the Sinai peninsula, about 55 kilometers west of the border with the Gaza Strip, on April 8, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP)
April 8, 2025, 4:16 pm
Macron to urge Israeli resumption of Gaza aid while visiting key Egypt port
French president will meet with sick Palestinians receiving treatment and medics at key aid transit point in El-Arish
By AFP and ToI Staff
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, right, and King Abdullah II of Jordan pose after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)
April 7, 2025, 11:54 pm
Leaders of France, Jordan, Egypt press Trump on Gaza ceasefire, as Netanyahu visits US
Trio at Cairo summit also urge resumption of humanitarian aid in call with US president; joint statement backs PA control of Strip after war, rebuffs plan to displace Gazans
By ToI Staff and AFP
Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh el-Sissi (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (L) shake hands and sign bilateral agreements during meeting at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, on April 7, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/ AFP)
April 7, 2025, 4:35 pm
Hamas ‘must have no role’ in Gaza governance, says Macron in meeting with Sissi
French president lauds Arab League’s Gaza proposal in Cairo meeting with Egyptian counterpart, says plan must ‘pave the way for new Palestinian governance’ led by PA
By Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
Left: US President Donald Trump at Trump National Doral Miami, January 27, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP); Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League joint extraordinary leaders summit in Riyadh, November 11, 2024. (SPA / AFP)
April 1, 2025, 10:18 pm
Trump upbeat after speaking to Egypt leader Sissi on Gaza, Yemen
US president says call with Egyptian counterpart ‘went very well,’ pair discuss ‘possible solutions’ for Gaza and ‘tremendous military progress’ against Houthi rebels
By AFP and ToI Staff
US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff is interviewed on Tucker Carlson's podcast on March 21, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
March 22, 2025, 12:44 pm
Witkoff: Hamas isn’t ideologically intractable, Gaza conflict can end through dialogue
In candid podcast interview, top Trump aide indicates renewed IDF strikes may be necessary after Hamas intransigence, says PM ‘going up against Israeli public opinion that wants hostages back’
By Jacob Magid
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the emergency Arab summit at Egypt's New Administrative Capital, just outside Cairo, March 4, 2025. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)
March 21, 2025, 10:38 am
Egypt willing to temporarily relocate half a million Gazans to Sinai – report
President Sissi said to float idea during meetings with other Arab leaders, though he has publicly rebuffed suggestions his country could take in any Palestinian refugees
By Nurit Yohanan
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, March 18, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
March 18, 2025, 5:50 pm
Qatar, Egypt demand resumption of ceasefire talks, slam Israeli ‘escalation’
Mediators reportedly seeking quick return to negotiating table; Jordan condemns ‘barbaric bombing’ while Turkey calls Israeli airstrikes a ‘new phase in its policy of genocide’
By Agencies
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer walks into the Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, DC on December 26, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
March 9, 2025, 10:42 pm
Dermer lobbied for moving Gazans to Sinai during ‘tense’ meet with Egyptian official
PM’s confidant claimed Egyptian public less opposed to idea than its government, alarming Cairo, which has since sought to bring him to country to further make case against idea
By Jacob Magid
An AI image of the reconstructed Gaza Strip from Egypt's Early Recovery, Reconstruction, Development of Gaza' program, March 4, 2025 (Egyptian Presidency)
March 4, 2025, 7:41 pm
Aiming to stymie Trump’s ‘Riviera’ vision, Arab leaders endorse $53 billion Gaza plan
Israel and White House reject Egyptian plan that would see Gazans remain in Strip during reconstruction, but avoids difficult questions on Hamas, which US says can’t remain in power
By Lazar Berman, Agencies and Jacob Magid
Palestinians refill on water next to a destroyed mosque at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 3, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
March 4, 2025, 9:17 am
Arab leaders set to huddle in Cairo over alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan
Proposal would see interim international rule of Strip in place of Hamas and PA, wouldn’t require displacement of Palestinians
By Agencies and ToI Staff
PA President Mahmoud Abbas at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP)
February 28, 2025, 4:20 am
Feeling heat from Trump to ‘solve’ Gaza, Arab states losing patience with PA’s Abbas
Palestinian Authority president left out of Arab leadership summit in Riyadh, where Gaza was main agenda item; diplomat says regional leaders will abandon Abbas if backed into corner
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians walk past tents lining the streets amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, February 18, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
February 21, 2025, 9:43 am
Arab leaders gather in Saudi Arabia to hash out alternative to Trump’s plan for Gaza
‘Unofficial fraternal meeting’ of Egypt, Jordan and Gulf states expected to address Cairo’s proposal, which official says would see Hamas ‘retreat from the political scene’
By AFP and ToI Staff
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows tents amidst the destruction caused by the war in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, February 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
February 18, 2025, 9:10 pm
Arab plan for Gaza could involve up to $20 billion regional contribution
Officials hope financial support from Arab and Gulf states toward reconstruction of the war-torn enclave could bring Trump around to their alternative plan
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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