ISTANBUL, Dec 7 — Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Saturday called for deploying an international stabilisation force “as soon as possible” along Gaza’s so-called “yellow line” to verify the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.
He spoke as Israel continues to occupy more than 50 per cent of Gaza’s territory under the ceasefire agreement, with the yellow line separating Israeli military deployment zones from areas where Palestinians are permitted to move.
During a session at the Doha Forum 2025, the minister said international monitors are needed because “one party, which is Israel, is every day violating the ceasefire and claiming that the other side is the one who is violating.”
He said Egypt favours a peacekeeping “rather than peace-enforcing” mandate, stressing the need to stabilise the ceasefire before moving forward.
“Now we have to consolidate the ceasefire to move forward as soon as possible to the second phase of the Trump peace plan.”
The top diplomat said Palestinians “should run their own affairs.”
He said Gaza and the West Bank are an “integral part” of the independent Palestinian state” until the Palestinian Authority is fully empowered and deployed in Gaza.
“There is no solution or sustainable security and stability for Israel or for the Middle East without the Palestinian state… apart from that, all will be temporary solutions,” he said.
