Egypt’s Foreign Minister has said that US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan has “many loopholes.”
Cairo “is coordinating with our brothers in Qatar and with our colleagues in Türkiye in order to convince Hamas to respond positively to this plan,” the state-run Al-Qahera News channel quoted Badr Abdelatty as saying at the French Institute of International Relations in Paris.
“There are many loopholes (in Trump’s plan) that need to be closed,” he added.
The top diplomat said further discussion was needed on the plan’s implementation, particularly regarding governance and security arrangements in Gaza during the transitional period. “We are very cautious and are talking to Hamas to assess their reaction to this plan,” the minister said.
On 29 September, the White House unveiled a detailed proposal that would begin with an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, followed by reconstruction and the reorganisation of the enclave’s political and security structures.
The plan envisages Gaza becoming a weapons-free zone under a transitional governance mechanism, overseen directly by Trump through a new international monitoring body.
It also includes the release of all Israeli captives held by Hamas within 72 hours of approval, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
The document outlines a halt to hostilities, the disarmament of the Palestinian resistance, and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
