Egypt holds talks on Middle East Crisis with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held separate phone conversations last week with his counterparts in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey about the multiple crises ongoing in the Middle East, the Media Line reports.

Since the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza was triggered by the October 7 attack on the Jewish state by the Palestinian terror group, fellow Iranian proxies Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen have joined Hamas in attacking Israel in the north and south respectively.

The October 7 attack on Israel left 1,200 mostly civilian people dead and around 215 taken captive to Gaza amid atrocities including rape and the murder of children.

Around 120 hostages, including women, children, and elderly hostages, remain captive 10 months into the war. In addition to fighting Iranian proxies, Israel is facing a threat of retaliation by Iran for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month, an operation which Iran blames the Israelis for.

Gaza meanwhile has been devastated by Israeli bombing campaigns as the IDF seeks to destroy Hamas’ extensive terror capabilities embedded in a massive tunnel network built strategically beneath civilian infrastructure. While Hamas’ statement that around 40,000 Palestinians have died in 10 months of war is not accepted by Israel, many thousands of Gaza residents have been killed and almost the entire remaining population of 2 million people has been displaced.

Intending to find ways to deescalate the tensions in the Middle East, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty had discussed these situations with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the Egyptian Foreign ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

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