The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, affiliated with Hezbollah, reported that ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Egypt, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is trying to recruit as many European leaders as possible to participate in signing an agreement to end the war in the Gaza Strip. It was noted that if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is invited, it would be the first visit by an Israeli prime minister to Egypt since 2011. A presidential source said several European officials have expressed interest in participating, including French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. It was also reported that El-Sisi “wants to turn the signing into a celebration, in an attempt to prevent Israel from canceling the agreement in the near future.”
