Sharm el Sheikh summit

On This Day: Final living hostages return from Gaza, as Trump addresses Knesset following ceasefire

Additionally, the remains of four murdered hostages, Yossi Sharabi, Guy Illouz, Bipin Joshi, and Captain Daniel Peretz, were returned to Israel that evening for burial.

Former hostage arrives in Sheba Medical Center, two years after being captured by Hamas,on October 13, 2025.
Hamas official Osama Hamdan speaks during an interview with AFP in Istanbul on September 15, 2024.

Hamas rejects disarmament clause in Gaza ceasefire plan, claims it was not part of original talks

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 25, 2025.

Benjamin Netanyahu rejects request by Norway's Jonas Støre to visit Israel

Gaza’s decades-long isolation, economic deprivation, and rule by militant factions has created a perpetual cycle of despair that fuels extremism.

Donald Trump's Gaza plan inverts the Abraham Accords formula - analysis


Trump’s Middle East triumph marks Europe’s ideological defeat - opinion

European leaders came to Sharm el-Sheikh and partook in what was described in Europe as a “humiliation ceremony”: Trump all but ignored them while making peace directly with Arab leaders.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks as other world leaders look on at a summit on ending the Israel-Hamas War in Sharm el-Sheikh last week. Trump might have ended Europe’s 2,300-year-old intervention in the Middle East, the writer argues.

Sharm el-Sheikh is charming but fails to address challenges - opinion

The declaration signed there failed to address four interrelated challenges facing phase two of his 20-point plan: security, legitimacy, funding, and stability.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and PA President Mahmoud Abbas pose at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit last week. The absence of a firm message does not bode well for either Gaza’s rehabilitation or Saudi normalization, the writer argues.

Gaza peace plan: Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar show leverage over Trump - opinion

Trump, of course, readily accepted Israel’s wish to move the US embassy to Jerusalem in his first term – and recognized the annexation of the Golan Heights.

 (L-R) Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, US President Donald Trump, and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Trump envoys met Hamas in secret to secure Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal - Axios

According to a source from Axios, Witkoff and Kushner's willingness to meet Hamas leaders despite the political risks demonstrated that the US was serious about getting a deal.

US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks next to Jared Kushner and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as they attend a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ahead of a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brok

How the Arab and Muslim world is preparing for Trump’s Egypt summit - analysis

"The summit aims to end the genocidal Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, boost efforts toward lasting peace, and usher in a new era of regional security," according to Egyptian media.

A man stands by a poster showing U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at Peace Square, ahead of an international summit on Gaza, held amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, October 13, 2025.