According to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, the call addressed the continuing coordination between Egypt and Qatar in restoring the 19 January ceasefire agreement and implementing its three phases.
The call also addressed the efforts to release captives and detainees, deliver enough tents and humanitarian and medical aid into the Gaza Strip, and ensure ongoing coordination in mediation efforts with the US.
In addition, the two sides stressed the need for close coordination to de-escalate regional tensions and prevent further instability. They also agreed to work towards a political solution that guarantees lasting peace by establishing a Palestinian state.
Early in January, Egypt, Qatar, and the United States mediated a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. The ceasefire, which came into effect on 19 January, lasted despite several Israeli violations.
However, on 15 March, Israel unilaterally ended the agreement and resumed its large-scale genocidal campaign in Gaza.
Israel has since insisted that Hamas immediately release all hostages, both living and deceased. Israel's new demands contradict the terms of the original agreement, which stipulated that as soon as the first phase of the agreement expired, negotiations should begin to transition to the second phase, by the end of which all captives and prisoners would have been released.
On 18 March, Israel resumed airstrikes on Gaza, killing over 750 Palestinians—most of them women and children—and leaving nearly 1,400 others injured.
Israel's resumed aggression on Gaza thus brought the overall Palestinian death toll to over 50,082, with at least 113,408 wounded.
On Saturday, Israel's cabinet approved creating a new directorate under the Ministry of Defence to promote the so-called "voluntary departure" of Palestinians from Gaza. The cabinet also ratified plans to authorize 13 new settlements in the occupied West Bank—a move Egypt swiftly condemned.
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