CAIRO -- An international summit will be held in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to finalize an agreement aimed at ending the war in Gaza, the Egyptian Presidency announced on Saturday.
The meeting will be co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump, with the participation of leaders from more than 20 countries, the statement said. (Egypt-Gaza Peace Summit)
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KHARTOUM -- The Sudanese government on Saturday reported that a drone strike by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 57 civilians at a temporary shelter in the western Sudanese city of El Fasher.
"As part of its ongoing plan aimed at the mass extermination of displaced persons and civilians in El Fasher, the terrorist militia committed another massacre today, at the Dar Al-Arqam shelter in El Fasher," Sudan's foreign ministry said in a statement. (Sudan-RSF Drone Strike-Death Toll)
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GAZA/CAIRO -- The Gaza-based Civil Defense said Saturday that it has received reports of 9,500 missing persons since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Oct. 7, 2023.
In a statement, Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense, urged the International Committee of the Red Cross to coordinate with Israeli authorities to determine their fate. (Gaza-Conflict-Missing Persons)
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BEIRUT/JERUSALEM -- One person was killed and seven others injured early Saturday morning in a series of Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese and Israeli sources.
Lebanon's official Lebanese National News Agency reported that 10 Israeli airstrikes at dawn targeted six heavy equipment yards on the Al-Msaylih road, burning a building and many machines. (Lebanon-Israeli Strike-Casualty) ■
