During a bilateral meeting in Egypt on Saturday, both countries firmly condemned the plan announced by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week. Israel is reportedly preparing a two-stage plan of seizing Gaza City first,

Muslim nations must act in unison and rally international opposition against Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday after talks in Egypt.

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, reaffirmed Cairo and Ankara’s rejection of Israel’s plan to reoccupy the Gaza Strip during talks in Cairo on Saturday.