IN DIPLOMACY: Egypt and Ukraine talk Palestine-Israel peace process and bilateral ties: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry briefed his Ukranian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in a phone call yesterday on Egypt’s efforts to maintain the ceasefire between Palestine and Israel, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The ministers also discussed bilateral ties.
Meanwhile, the UN will launch an appeal for aid to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s airstrikes resulted in mns of USD-worth of infrastructural damage, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinian territories Lynn Hastings said yesterday, according to Reuters.