Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Tuesday that it is not possible to talk about the future of the Gaza Strip before a ceasefire there.

This came in a press conference held by Shoukry with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who is currently visiting Egypt, at the ministry’s headquarters east of Cairo, according to what was broadcast by the “Cairo News” channel, and followed by Anatolia.

Regarding the future of Gaza and “the next day of the cessation of war,” Shukri said: “We must focus on the ceasefire. We cannot talk about matters that might be understood as accepting the continuation of this situation of military actions and the targeting of civilians in the Strip.”

He added: "In order for us to overcome the current stage and talk about the future, the shooting must stop in order for this talk to have meaning."

Since the start of the current wave of escalation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials have spoken with different visions about the management of Gaza in the “post-Hamas era,” while the movement and the Palestinian Authority responded that “the management of the Gaza Strip is a private Palestinian matter.”

Shukri criticized the international silence on the targeting of Gaza children and journalists in the Strip, saying: “If a child was injured, the international community should have come to his aid, so what about the 10,000 children who lost their lives, and more under the rubble?”

The Egyptian Foreign Minister considered that "the international community (also) is unable to explicitly demand a ceasefire in Gaza."

He expressed "pain for the loss of civilians and journalists," saying: "We are accustomed to when a journalist is harmed (for) the international community to come in to criticize, and we have not yet heard criticism of what is happening to them (in Gaza)."

Shukri denounced “the prevention of the entry of the press and officials into the Gaza Strip,” asking: “Why this prevention and the deliberate prevention of the entry of the press and officials to see this tragic situation in Gaza?”

The Egyptian minister renewed the demand for a ceasefire, stressing "the importance of increasing humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip and preventing displacement."

He pointed out that the discussions with his German counterpart dealt with "how to deal with the situation in a way that preserves the unity of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank."

Shukri stressed that "the continuation of the Israeli occupation is one of the main reasons for instability in the region."