Egypt has begun training Palestinian police officers on its territory in preparation for enabling them to assume security responsibilities in the Gaza Strip once a stable ceasefire is in place, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced on Tuesday. Speaking at a joint press conference in Berlin with his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, Abdelatty said the programme is designed to help fill the security vacuum created by more than two years of war. He added that Cairo aims to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza "without restrictions" to meet the growing needs of its population. The minister stressed the urgency of consolidating the ceasefire and advancing to the second phase of the U.S. peace plan. He noted that Egypt is coordinating with Washington to set a date for an international reconstruction conference, warning, "Time is running out." Germany's foreign minister urged Cairo to expedite preparations for the conference, cautioning that the approaching winter will worsen Gaza's already dire humanitarian situation. Wadephul said Berlin is "committed" to supporting reconstruction and is ready to participate as soon as invitations are issued. He reiterated that the disarmament of Hamas remains essential and called on Israel to uphold the ceasefire and allow greater volumes of aid to enter the territory. In Doha, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said mediation efforts to advance the Gaza agreement are "ongoing," though he described recent Israeli violations as "concerning." He noted that a monitoring cell in Cairo tracks such violations daily, adding that Qatar maintains "confidence in the U.S. plan and in the role of mediators." Al-Ansari said Doha continues to press all parties to move toward the agreement's second phase, emphasising that the current truce is the longest since the war began. Warnings over the humanitarian situation are intensifying. UNICEF reported that nearly 9,300 children under five in Gaza suffered from acute malnutrition in October 2025, cautioning that the onset of winter will accelerate disease transmission and increase the risk of death among vulnerable children. Inside Gaza, the civil defense service said that, in coordination with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), its teams evacuated dozens of families trapped under fire from Israeli tanks and drones in the Al-Tuffah area of Gaza City. It said casualties evacuated had risen to five, including two women and two children. Meanwhile in London, the UK government called for all Gaza crossings to be opened to guarantee "unrestricted humanitarian access," criticising severe delays in aid delivery. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said a shipment of more than 1,100 tents took over a year to reach the enclave and warned that other UK-funded assistance still cannot reach civilians despite the ceasefire.
