Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdullah Ali said on October 7 that he hopes to make significant progress in the new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations underway in Egypt.

On the same day, Abdulati said at a joint press conference with visiting Slovenian Foreign Minister Fayon: "We hope that the ongoing negotiations will make significant progress, end this cruel war and stop the suffering of the Palestinian people."

Abdullah said the round of negotiations aimed to reach agreement on the first phase of the U.S. proposed ¡°20-point plan¡± for the Gaza Strip, which includes the release of Israeli detainees and Palestinian prisoners.The negotiations also covered ¡°assurance that humanitarian aid enters the Gaza Strip fully and unconditionally through the UN channels, guaranteeing Palestinians not to be displaced¡± and ¡°establishing a security mechanism to safeguard the security of all parties, to ensure Israel¡¯s complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and to consolidate a fair and peaceful path based on the ¡°two-state plan.¡±

According to Egyptian media reports, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel held a new round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations in Egypt's Sham Sheikh on the same day, the negotiations were conducted in an indirect manner, chaired by mediators from Egypt and Qatar, with a focus on "building a foundation" for the possible exchange of Israeli detainees and Palestinian prisoners.