(12 Aug 2025)
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Cairo – 12 Aug
1. Wide of presser
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Badr Abdelatty, Egyptian foreign minister:
"Our contacts, our mediation efforts is continuing as we speak now, and we are talking with Hamas, with the Israelis. And we still pushing for a deal, you know, based on (US envoy Steve) Witkoff proposal in order to move forward. And, of course, we categorically opposing any kind of intention of expansion of military intervention in Gaza."
3.Mid of presser
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Badr Abdelatty, Egyptian foreign minister:
"Our main objective is to go back to the original proposal, to have a ceasefire for 60 days and with release of some hostages and some Palestinian detainees and the flow of humanitarian and medical assistance to Gaza without conditions, without restrictions. This is what we are trying to do, and we will push very hard for that. And we still have some pending issues. We reached agreement on some issues but we still have some pending issues."
5. Cutaway of journalists at presser
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Badr Abdelatty, Egyptian foreign minister:
"Of course, the end game (is) to have a comprehensive approach with main objective of ending this war and going for the next stage, which will be creating political horizon, which will be leading to the realization of the Palestinian state."
7. Cutaway of journalists at presser
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Badr Abdelatty, Egyptian foreign minister:
"Yes, we start providing training for the Palestinian elements here in our camps and we are working with Jordan, and we are standing ready to deploy Palestinian policeman in Gaza in order to take care of the security arrangement and public order there. This is what we are doing right now."
9. Mid of presser
STORYLINE:
Egypt is engaging with both Israel and Hamas to reach a peace deal in Gaza, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told journalists in Cairo on Tuesday,
The minister said both sides had reached an agreement on some issues but there were still issues pending.
Abdelatty said Egypt is pushing for a deal based around a framework proposed by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.
The deal would include a 60 day ceasefire, release of "some hostages and some Palestinian detainees" and the flow of humanitarian and medical aid into Gaza "without conditions and without restrictions," he said.
He said the main objective remained to bring an end to the war and prepare the ground for the next stage, "which will be creating political horizon, which will be leading to the realization of the Palestinian state."
Abdelatty added that Egypt has already started training "Palestinian elements in our camps" as police forces to help secure Gaza after the war.
The minister didn’t disclose how many are being trained currently but said the aim was to train 5,000 personnel overall.
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