World leaders to attend Gaza peace summit in Egypt

Egypt will host the Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, summit to be co-chaired by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt and U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a statement from the Egyptian presidency. More than two dozen world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, will attend the summit.
Axios has reported that Israel will not participate in the summit, which will occur on the same day that the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza is expected to start.Hamas has said it will not take part. Hossam Badran, a Hamas political bureau member, told AFP in an interview that the Palestinian terror group “will not be involved.” Hamas “acted principally through… Qatari and Egyptian mediators” during previous talks on Gaza, he said.
Meanwhile, three Qatari diplomats were killed in a car crash on Saturday while heading to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, health officials said. Two other diplomats were injured when their vehicle overturned. The diplomats, who were from the Qatari protocol team, were travelling to the city ahead of a high-level summit celebrating a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Qatar mediated the ceasefire along with Egypt and the US. Turkey also joined the negotiations earlier this month in Egypt.