Arab leaders endorse plan to rebuild Gaza

Leaders at an extraordinary meeting of the Arab League in Cairo have endorsed an Egyptian plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.  Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi had presented a five-year plan to rebuild Gaza that will cost $53 billion.

During the opening of the summit, he said "there will be no real peace without establishing a Palestinian state". But in order for the ceasefire to proceed to the next phase, Israel has demanded Hamas' disarmament. "The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the discussions and endorsements in Cairo "failed to address the realities of the situation" following Hamas' attack on Israel on 7th October 2023.