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Sharm el Sheikh

Israelis wait in line to pass through Taba land border crossing with Egypt, near the southern city of Eilat, March 25, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 2, 2026, 10:43 am
Israelis seeking to fly abroad for Passover make a reverse Exodus path through Egypt
As war leads to flight cancellations from Ben Gurion Airport, Israelis and Jews observe the irony of people rushing to get into Egypt, with some noting lines are ’40 years long’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
US President Donald Trump poses with a signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett, Pool Photo via AP)
October 29, 2025, 8:19 pm
Giving Hamas hope, Gaza’s future rests on three somewhat contradictory documents
Trump boasts that the world backs his 20-point plan, but no one even signed it. Hamas committed to the first phase of the deal, but has not said it will disarm
By Lazar Berman
IDF troops salute over the caskets containing the bodies of slain hostages Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, Yossi Sharabi and Cpt. Daniel Perez in the Gaza Strip, late October 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 16, 2025, 5:19 pm
Israel believes Hamas could return most deceased hostages, argues it is breaching deal
Trump and other US officials say terror group searching for bodies it has yet to return, don’t accuse it of violating agreement; Israel disagrees and threatens return to fighting
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump (C) and other world leaders pose for a group photograph at the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. (Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)
October 13, 2025, 11:51 pm
At Sharm summit, Trump and world leaders sign up for peace in Gaza, with Netanyahu absent
In speech, US president urges world leaders to join Abraham Accords; leaders sign document said to lay out groundwork for Strip’s future
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
People celebrate as they watch a live broadcast of the release of Israeli hostages after more than two years of Hamas captivity, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, October 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
October 13, 2025, 8:58 pm
World leaders hail hostage release as step toward peace in the Middle East
Merz, Macron and others call on Hamas to release bodies of remaining hostages, laud Trump for his efforts in securing Gaza ceasefire as they arrive at summit in Sharm el-Sheikh
By ToI Staff
US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff (center) speaks at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, accompanied by Jared Kushner (L) and Ivanka Trump, on October 11, 2025. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
October 13, 2025, 4:13 pm
Witkoff and Kushner met directly with Hamas leaders last week to seal deal
Envoys met with senior Hamas official Khalil al-Khaya in Sharm el-Sheikh with Trump’s approval, told him hostages ‘more of a liability than an asset’
By Lazar Berman
A municipal worker hoists a US flag next to those of other countries near Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport ahead of the arrival of world leaders for a 'peace summit,' in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 11, 2025. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
October 12, 2025, 1:45 pm
Trump, Sissi to chair Gaza summit in Egypt; Abbas to attend; Israel, Hamas not invited
Egypt aims for agreement to end war; US official says Egypt, Qatar and Turkey to endorse broad principles of Trump’s Gaza plan, ‘tee up’ wider normalization with Israel; Trump says doesn’t know why Israel won’t be there
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Nava Freiberg and Jacob Magid
Vehicles drive on the main road in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 6, 2025. (AP/Ahmed Hassan)
October 12, 2025, 6:36 am
Three Qatari employees killed in car crash near Sharm el-Sheikh on eve of peace summit
Earlier reports that victims were diplomats are false, source says; Egyptian resort city will host peace summit on Monday following Israel-Hamas ceasefire
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
People dance as they celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
October 9, 2025, 11:13 am
Daily Briefing Oct. 9: Day 734 – Joy as Trump announces all hostages to be freed ‘very soon’
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on what happened behind the scenes at the Sharm el-Sheikh negotiations that led to all sides agreeing to the ‘first phase’ of the 20-point Trump peace plan
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Israeli negotiator Nitzan Alon (far left) shakes hands with Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in a photo indicating success in the mediated Israel-Hamas negotiations on a Gaza hostage-ceasefire agreement in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the early hours of October 9, 2025. Second from right with back to camera is US special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. (Telegram / used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
October 9, 2025, 3:54 am
Trump announces deal reached on first part of his Gaza plan: ‘All hostages will be freed very soon’
‘Blessed are the peacemakers,’ Trump says, hailing ‘great day for Israel, the world’; all living hostages set to be released in next few days; Trump to fly to region, will likely come to Israel, address Knesset
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
An Egyptian woman watches the news on a local channel in Cairo on October 8, 2025, showing images of top negotiator for the Palestinian Hamas movement Khalil al-Hayya (C) arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on ending the Gaza war.
October 8, 2025, 11:39 pm
Mediators seek Thursday deal to free living hostages, begin Gaza ceasefire — sources
Trump says he plans to travel to region this weekend if agreement inked; Hamas tells interlocutors it’s committed to securing Barghouti’s release
By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg
An October 7 memorial ceremony at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, marking two years since the massacre, October 7, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 8, 2025, 3:03 pm
Top officials head to peace talks as Hamas submits list of prisoners it wants freed
Sides project optimism on talks’ third day; Kushner, Witkoff, Dermer, Qatari PM and Hamas brass to meet in Egypt; Hamas said to want bodies of Yahya and Muhammad Sinwar
By Nurit Yohanan, Agencies and ToI Staff
At the end of the Kumu October 7 ceremony in Tel Aviv, on October 7, 2025. (Courtesy Eclipse Media)
October 8, 2025, 1:31 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 8: Day 733 – Critical moment as major players arrive for talks in Egypt
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses latest in talks for Gaza deal, as arts and culture editor Jessica Steinberg reviews Oct. 7 ceremony in Tel Aviv, drama series ‘Red Alert’
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
A woman dressed in a costume in the colors of the US flag holds a sign urging US President Donald Trump to seal a Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal, during a rally in support of the hostages at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, October 4, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
October 6, 2025, 9:26 pm
Indirect talks on Trump’s Gaza ceasefire-hostage proposal begin in Egypt
PMO source says Israel ‘ready for all scenarios,’ as Egyptian, Palestinian officials indicate that Hamas wariness about giving up the hostages early could prevent speedy progress
By ToI Staff, Agencies, Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman
Foreign residents evacuated from Israel after missile strikes cross at the Taba Land Port, a border crossing on the eastern border with Israel, to Egypt, June 19, 2025. (AP)
June 23, 2025, 3:43 am
Despite travel warning, most returning Israelis are coming home via Jordan and Egypt
Over 70,000 Israelis have got back since start of war with Iran; 39,000 of them entered via land border crossings with two Arab neighbors
By Sharon Wrobel
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