Israel, Hamas to sign peace agreement in presence of over 20 World leaders

More than 20 heads of state and government, along with foreign ministers, are meeting in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh for the signing of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas militants based in Gaza, Palestine. The conference, taking place on Monday, October 13, 2025, is hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who mediated the talks between the Israeli and Hamas delegations. U.S. President Donald Trump, who initiated the peace plan aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza, is also attending. The esclation  began on October 7, 2023, when Israel launched military operat

More than 20 heads of state and government, along with foreign ministers, are meeting in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh for the signing of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas militants based in Gaza, Palestine. The conference, taking place on Monday, October 13, 2025, is hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who mediated the talks between the Israeli and Hamas delegations. U.S. President Donald Trump, who initiated the peace plan aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza, is also attending. The esclation  began on October 7, 2023, when Israel launched military operations in Gaza in retaliation for a Hamas attack inside Israel that killed more than 1,200 people and led to the abduction of over 250 others. Since the war began, more than 67,000 people have been killed in Gaza, and much of the territory has been destroyed. Now, both sides are expected to end hostilities after agreeing to a ceasefire under President Trump’s peace plan. On Saturday, Israel announced it had halted its military operations, marking the first major step toward peace, and the official signing of the agreement is scheduled for Monday. According to Egypt’s official news agency, leaders and officials from 27 countries are participating in the summit. Among those attending are Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the host, U.S. President Donald Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. Also present are Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, UAE Vice President Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Masaki Noke, and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. On the same day, Israel is expected to receive its citizens who were held hostage by Hamas, 48 in total, including 20 still alive. In return, Israel will release 1,700 Palestinian prisoners, including 250 serving life sentences.