Turkey “does not take seriously” claims that it attempted to “exclude” Cyprus from the summit on the future of Gaza which was held in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh earlier in the week, a top Turkish official said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed out of Monday’s summit in Sharm El-Sheikh in order to avoid angering religious coalition members, a senior official in the Prime Minister’s Office tells The Times of Israel.

Egyptian health officials say three Qatari diplomats have died in a car crash while traveling to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday said "the war in Gaza is over" as he arrived in Egypt for a ceremony marking the peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. After landing in Sharm el-Sheikh,

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, along with Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’ top negotiator, arrived Wednesday at Sharm el-Sheikh for the discussions. pic.twitter.com/h9Dk0KySWs

The Albanese government was snubbed from the Middle East peace summit chaired by US President Donald Trump in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh on Monday (October 13) attended the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit held in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt on Behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.