Egypt and the United States are holding ongoing consultations to advance efforts to conclude a truce in the Gaza Strip similar to the one that appears imminent between Lebanon and Israel, according to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.

Egypt and America, along with Qatar, have been mediating for more than a year to exchange detainees and stop the Israeli war in the Strip, which has killed 44,249 people and injured 104,746, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that the meeting of Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aati with his American counterpart Anthony Blinken, on Monday evening, on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Italy, came within the framework of “coordination, periodic consultation and joint work to contain the escalation in the Middle East, and to discuss the latest developments regarding the negotiations for an immediate ceasefire in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.”

Abdel-Ati said that “security and stability will not be achieved in the region without the Palestinian people regaining their legitimate rights and ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands,” warning of “the grave danger of the continuation of aggressive Israeli policies towards the Palestinian people and their disastrous repercussions on the security and stability of the region and the entire world, in light of the ongoing violations of international law and international humanitarian law.”

The Egyptian Foreign Minister stressed the need for "humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip in light of the tragic conditions experienced by the Palestinians," referring to the ministerial conference that Cairo will host to enhance the humanitarian response in Gaza next Monday.

Israel is expected to make a decision on Tuesday on a ceasefire after two months of war against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said during his meeting in Tel Aviv with the UN envoy to Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, that any breach of the potential ceasefire agreement, such as rearmament in the south, would push the Hebrew state to act “firmly.”

The United States, the European Union and the United Nations have intensified their efforts in recent days to reach a truce between Israel and Hezbollah.

In another meeting with his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani, Egyptian Minister Abdel Aati warned of the seriousness of the situation in the West Bank as a result of Israel's continued settlement expansion policy.