People inspect the area of Al-Ahli hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, and where Palestinians who fled their homes were sheltering amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, in Gaza City, October 18, 2023.
Credit: Reuters Photo
Egypt is planning to host an international conference on Saturday to discuss the escalating war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza.
The list of attendees expected so far at the Cairo Peace Summit include:
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Jordanian King Abdullah
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani
Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa
British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs James Cleverly
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov
China's envoy for Middle East issues Zhai Jun
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
European Council President Charles Michel
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell