Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sat next to US President Donald Trump during a multilateral meeting on Gaza with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, and Pakistan on September 23rd, 2025, at 8:37 PM UTC. The meeting focused on the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Earlier in the reporting window, between 6:38 PM and 8:38 PM UTC on September 23rd, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron had challenged President Trump regarding the Gaza war, stating that a Nobel Peace Prize is only possible if the conflict stops. Concurrently, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that the majority of the Italian government would present a motion for the recognition of a Palestinian state, contingent upon the liberation of hostages and the exclusion of Hamas from Gaza, as reported by @lastranet. Jordan's King also warned that hostile rhetoric targeting the Al Aqsa Mosque would incite a religious war. Within the same period, the Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that Israel would prevent any flotilla from entering the combat zone if it refused proposals for peaceful aid transfer via Ashkelon Marina, reiterating that aid should be transferred to the Ashkelon Marina for forwarding to Gaza. Following Prime Minister Netanyahu's decision to close the Allenby crossing, the IDF and Shin Bet arrested a Palestinian suspecting terrorist activity after crossing from Jordan into the Palestinian Authority, placing them in administrative detention. In a separate incident on September 23rd, 2025, an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier on vacation killed a Palestinian during an incident involving stone-throwing and an attack on Israeli civilians in the village of Almayar in Benjamin. The IDF reported that dozens of Palestinians threw stones and attacked Israeli civilians, injuring one Israeli citizen. The soldier fired shots toward the approaching suspects, resulting in injuries. An IDF force responded and also encountered stone-throwing, using dispersal means and returning fire. The incident is under investigation by the IDF.
