The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

The summit has been called by Egypt, which has prepared a reconstruction plan that avoids ethnic cleansing of Gaza.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday called for the total compliance of the Gaza ceasefire deal, urging both Israel and Hamas to honour their commitments. He also called on the European Union to put maximum pressure on Israel, which on Saturday announced the suspension of aid deliveries into Gaza.

Foreign ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will hold an urgent meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss implementation strategies.

Egypt rejected on Sunday attempts aimed at establishing a rival government in Sudan, warning that such moves jeopardised the "unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity" of the war-torn country.

Israel had agreed partial troop withdrawal by 9 March, but start of second phase of truce hits impasse

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s mother Laila Soueif’s hunger strike has left her in a critical condition in hospital.

After more than 150 days without food, Laila Soueif says she will continue until there is some positive news from Cairo

Israel says unclear if there is ‘common ground to negotiate’.

A Palestinian man who has spent 45 years in Israeli prisons was finally released Thursday but immediately exiled to Egypt while his wife is forced to remain in the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s refusal to withdraw from Gaza-Egypt border threatens crucial negotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire.

Israeli team heads to Cairo as end of deal’s first phase approaches, but big differences remain between two sides