(Front L-R) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, US President Donald Trump, and Emir of Qatar Cheikh Tamim ben Hamad al-Thani and other leaders pose for a family picture at the Gaza summit in Sharm El-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. EVAN VUCCI / AFP
US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration on Monday, October 13, meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners. Trump made a lightning visit to Israel, where he lauded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an address to parliament, before flying to Egypt for a Gaza summit where he and the leaders of Egypt, Qatar and Turkey signed the declaration as guarantors to the Gaza deal.
"This is a tremendous day for the world, it's a tremendous day for the Middle East," Trump said as more than two dozen world leaders sat down to talk in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. He later declared that the assembled leaders had "achieved what everybody said was impossible."
"At long last, we have peace in the Middle East," Trump said in a speech.
According to the document, the signatories pledged to "pursue a comprehensive vision of peace, security and shared prosperity in the region," and also welcomed "the progress achieved in establishing comprehensive and durable peace arrangements in the Gaza Strip."
