On August 8th, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that the German government would not issue any further export permits for military products to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip until further notice. According to the German news agency, Berlin has not issued any arms supply permits to Israel since then.

Klingbeil said in an interview with the ARD TV channel: “We will reassess the situation.”

Earlier, the office of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced that the Sharm El-Sheikh summit to end the war in the Gaza Strip will be held on Monday, October 13, with the participation of leaders from more than 20 countries. The summit will be chaired by both el-Sisi and former U.S. President Donald Trump.

Last Thursday, Trump announced that Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement had reached an agreement to implement the first phase of the peace plan to resolve the Gaza conflict.

In the first phase, Hamas will release Israeli prisoners, Israel will withdraw its forces to an agreed line inside the Strip, and hundreds of Palestinians, including those sentenced to life imprisonment, will be released.

Trump’s plan to resolve the Gaza situation, revealed on September 29, contains 20 points and calls for an immediate ceasefire conditional on the release of prisoners within 72 hours.

The document also proposes that Hamas and other Palestinian factions step away from directly or indirectly managing the Gaza Strip — control should transfer to technocratic authorities under international supervision led by Trump himself.