Pope Leo the  fourteenth has called for “courage” from those forging a peace plan for Gaza, as world leaders prepared to attend a summit on ending the conflict.

According to him, the agreement to begin the peace process has given a spark of hope in the Holy Land.

US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will today chair a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh which aims to end the war in the Gaza Strip.

The International leaders will discuss implementing the first phase of a ceasefire, two years after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack triggered a counter-offensive by Israel that killed more than 67,000 Palestinians.

Kyiv says diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have slowed in recent months, in part because global attention has shifted to the war in Gaza.