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UK to Join Gaza Ceasefire Monitoring as Leaders Back U.S. 20-Point Plan in Sharm el-Sheikh

Focus now moves to implementing disarmament, phased redeployment, plus an international security mission under still-to-be-set terms.

Steve Witkoff, right, the US Middle East envoy, praised Jonathan Powell’s “incredible input”
'The UK has been reduced to a minor player in the Middle East,' writes Ben Kentish (Photo by SUZANNE PLUNKETT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Downing Street said Britain will help monitor the truce, advise on decommissioning Hamas weaponry drawing on Northern Ireland experience, and support Gaza’s reconstruction.
  • Officials reported that all remaining hostages were freed, with 20 handed to Israel via the ICRC, activating the first phase tied to the ceasefire and Israeli redeployments.
  • President Donald Trump’s plan adopted at the summit envisages temporary external control mechanisms for Gaza and the deployment of an international stabilization force.
  • UK contributions became a political flashpoint as the U.S. ambassador to Israel dismissed ministerial claims of a key British role, before Trump envoy Steve Witkoff praised the UK and highlighted Jonathan Powell’s involvement.
  • The UK pledged £20 million in immediate aid and convened Wilton Park sessions to coordinate reconstruction planning, with details of the stabilization force and transitional governance still under discussion.