Egypt spearheads Gaza truce talks

AS 2025 draws to a close, Egypt has reaffirmed its position as a key mediator in the Gaza crisis, pairing intensive diplomacy to sustain a fragile ceasefire with a large-scale humanitarian operation that has delivered hundreds of thousands of tons of aid and winter relief supplies to the war-torn enclave.

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From hosting negotiations that led to the October ceasefire to facilitating aid flows through Rafah and rejecting forced displacement, Cairo's approach has combined political mediation, security considerations, and sustained relief co-ordination, analysts said.

Egypt's mediation efforts began to bear fruit in October, when indirect negotiations hosted in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh culminated in a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that took effect on October 10, in co-ordination with fellow mediators, the US, Qatar, and Türkiye.

The agreement was subsequently highlighted at an October 13 peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump.