Overview
- German foreign minister Johann Wadephul urged a clear international legal basis for any Gaza stabilisation mission and pressed for broader humanitarian access.
- Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan accused Israel of obstructing needed aid deliveries to Gaza despite the signed agreement.
- Fidan warned the ceasefire remains fragile and said Ankara is engaged in negotiations on a second implementation stage, with regional ministers meeting in Istanbul on November 3.
- U.S. diplomacy is reported by Axios to be holding closed talks on an International Stabilisation Force, with a plan expected in the coming weeks and potential contributors including Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Egypt and Turkey.
- Wadephul called for swiftly filling Gaza’s security and governance vacuum to prevent a Hamas resurgence and signaled readiness for Germany to work with Egypt on reconstruction.