Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi urged Israel on June 16, 2026, to abandon plans that would give Israeli forces control over approximately 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, raising the demand during broader G7 Middle East discussions.
Sisi framed the potential territorial arrangements as incompatible with a durable resolution to the conflict and warned they would deepen humanitarian suffering while complicating Arab-led reconstruction efforts.
Egypt has served as a key mediator in ceasefire negotiations and remains one of the few countries with an active diplomatic channel into both Israeli and Palestinian leadership. Cairo’s opposition to the proposed footprint carries weight given that context.
Israeli officials did not respond publicly to Sisi’s remarks at the G7. The Egyptian president’s intervention reflected growing Arab-world frustration with what regional governments have described as Israeli unilateralism in shaping post-conflict governance arrangements.
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