Egypt has intensified diplomatic efforts to accelerate the deployment of an international stabilization force to monitor the fragile Gaza ceasefire, amid reports of ongoing civilian casualties and Israel’s controversial moves to strengthen its control over the West Bank.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty initiated urgent discussions with Greek counterpart George Gerapetritis on Sunday, advocating for the immediate deployment of international peacekeeping personnel to oversee ceasefire compliance in the Gaza Strip. The diplomatic push comes as Al Jazeera reports indicate continued civilian casualties despite the ceasefire agreement.
Abdelatty simultaneously emphasized the critical importance of advancing to the second phase of the US-proposed peace initiative and reaffirmed Egypt’s endorsement of the newly established Palestinian technocratic National Committee for Gaza Administration (NCAG).
The appeal for international intervention coincides with significant developments in the West Bank, where Israeli forces conducted extensive detention operations, apprehending over 20 Palestinians according to WAFA news agency reports. Simultaneously, Israel’s security cabinet approved measures to deepen administrative control over occupied territories, including revoking Jordanian-era land sale restrictions to Jewish buyers and reinstating a state land acquisition committee dormant for two decades.
These decisions have drawn sharp condemnation across the Arab and Islamic world. The Palestinian Presidency denounced them as “dangerous decisions aimed at deepening attempts to annex the occupied West Bank.” Vice-President Hussein Al Sheikh has called for emergency sessions of the Arab League, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and UN Security Council to address Israel’s actions.
Regional powers including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Türkiye have jointly condemned what they characterize as Israeli efforts to impose unlawful sovereignty and entrench settlement activities, creating a “new legal and administrative reality in the West Bank.”
Analyst Nagapushpa Devendra from Germany’s University of Erfurt observes that the situation reveals fundamental structural problems rather than tactical issues. “The core issue isn’t ceasefires, forces, or sequencing; it’s that the incentives on the ground are moving in opposite directions,” Devendra noted, suggesting that current approaches reflect “exhaustion, not consensus” and risk undermining long-term peacebuilding efforts through diminished accountability and legitimacy.