Egypt to host international Gaza reconstruction conference in November: Trump’s plan includes ceasefire, humanitarian access and no forced displacement

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aati said his country intends to host an international conference to rebuild the Gaza Strip in November.
The remarks came in an interview Abdel Aati gave to the American news network CNN on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
As a culmination of negotiations in Egypt, the first phase of an agreement between Hamas and Israel to halt fighting and exchange prisoners came into effect at midday last Friday, according to a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Abdel Aati added that Trump’s plan includes successive stages: first stopping the war, allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza, preventing any annexation or displacement of Palestinians, and then moving to the reconstruction phase.

Alongside the vast physical destruction, Israel killed 67,938 Palestinians and wounded 170,169 in the genocidal war in Gaza over two years, most of them children and women, and caused a famine that claimed 463 lives, including 157 children.
Abdel Aati continued: “We will do that (reconstruction) through an international conference in Cairo next month in November.”
He said the conference would be held “with the participation of all concerned parties, including the United States, the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union, Germany, France, the Gulf states, Japan and others.”
The United Nations estimates the cost of rebuilding Gaza at about $70 billion, as a result of the consequences of the Israeli genocidal war with U.S. support.
Egypt is seeking to activate a plan adopted by the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in March to rebuild without displacing Palestinians; it would take five years and cost about $53 billion.
Abdel Aati called on all members of the international community to contribute to efforts to restore peace in the region and to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people.
He added that this contribution should come through political and financial support for urgent humanitarian assistance to Palestinians delivered via U.N. organizations and agencies.
For about 18 years Israel has blockaded the Gaza Strip, where some 2.4 million Palestinians live in conditions made catastrophic by the genocidal war.
** Rafah crossing
On the Rafah land crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Abdel Aati said: “We always affirm that it is open on the Egyptian side around the clock.”
Since May 2024, Israel has occupied the Palestinian side of the crossing, destroyed and burned its buildings, and prevented Palestinians from traveling, plunging them — especially patients — into a major humanitarian crisis.
Israel said on Thursday that preparations (unspecified) are underway to reopen the crossing to the movement of people, “in full coordination” between Tel Aviv and Cairo, without giving a date.
Hebrew media report that Tel Aviv refuses to reopen the crossing because it has not yet received from Hamas the remaining bodies of Israeli captives.
Since Monday, Hamas has released 20 living Israeli captives and handed over 10 bodies, and says it needs special equipment to search for and recover the remaining 18 bodies.
Abdel Aati added: “We are working with the Israelis to open their crossings with Gaza as well, to allow the entry of food, medical and relief supplies.”
He stressed that “the humanitarian situation on the ground is catastrophic, and we literally need to flood Gaza with aid — food, medicine and medical supplies.”
Regarding security arrangements in Gaza, Abdel Aati said Egypt and Jordan are training 5,000 personnel to assume responsibility for security and law enforcement in Gaza alongside Palestinian police.