(22 Apr 2025)
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Cairo, Egypt – 22 April 2025
1. Various of meeting between Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty (screen-right on first shot) and his Lebanese counterpart Youssef Rajji
2. News conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Badr Abdelatty, Egypt Foreign Minister:
"I emphasized from my side the continuous, genuine and non-stop efforts in cooperation with Qatar and in coordination with the United States to return to the (Gaza) ceasefire deal that was signed on 19 January, and to work on stopping the bloodshed of the brother Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip."
4. News conference
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Badr Abdelatty, Egypt Foreign Minister:
"We also talked about the Egyptian efforts to strengthen the ceasefire and work on the release of hostages and a big number of detainees and guaranteeing the full access for humanitarian and medical aid."
6. News conference
7. SOUNDBITE(Arabic), Youssef Rajji, Lebanese Foreign Minister:
"The Lebanese government is exerting huge efforts with their friends and brothers in the international community in order to put pressure on Israel to completely and immediately and unconditionally withdraw from all military positions they are occupying in southern Lebanon. There is a very strong diplomatic effort in place, with the Israelis you can’t take concrete guarantees but you can exert effort in order to put pressure on them to stop their violations and withdraw."
8. Exterior of Tahrir Palace
STORYLINE:
Egypt’s foreign minister said Tuesday that his country is exerting "continuous, genuine and non-stop efforts” to return to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Badr Abdelatty commented after meeting his Lebanese counterpart Youssef Rajji in Cairo.
Rajji said that the international community should place more pressure on Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon.
Israel’s air and ground war has killed over 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were civilians or combatants.
Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.
The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 people hostage.
They are still holding 59 hostages, 24 of whom are believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.
Hamas has said it will only free the remaining hostages in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners, a full Israeli withdrawal and a lasting ceasefire.
Israel has said it will keep fighting until the hostages are returned and Hamas has been either destroyed or disarmed and sent into exile.
It has pledged to hold onto so-called security zones in Gaza indefinitely.
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