ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced Friday that Turkey will hold a conference of top diplomats from several Muslim-majority countries in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the progress of a widely backed peace plan for the Gaza Strip.

Representatives from Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have been invited to the Monday summit, according to the Turkish foreign ministry.

Speaking at a press conference, Fidan said that certain key questions would be considered at the meeting, including, "What are the obstacles to [the peace deal's] implementation? What are the challenges to be faced? What are the next steps? What will we be discussing with our Western friends? And what support is there for the ongoing talks with the United States?"

Turkey is one of the guarantors of a 20-point peace proposal put forth by US President Donald Trump in September, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan being a signatory to the agreement along with Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. 

Since the document's signing on October 13, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has proved fragile, with both sides having accused one another of violations. In the same week as the guarantee was signed by international leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his military had dropped 153 tons of ordnance on the Strip amid a temporary resumption of strikes.

The US State Department had previously alleged that Hamas was planning an attack on civilians in Gaza, a move it called a "grave violation of the ceasefire," and urged mediating nations to ensure the group honored its commitments under the US-backed peace deal.

Hamas condemned what it described as the US’s "repetition of the occupation’s misleading narrative," urging Washington to "curb [Israel’s] repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement."

Turkey has taken a strong line against Israel in recent years, leading to aversion in Tel Aviv of any role for Ankara in the peace process. Israel reportedly balked at the notion of Turkish forces being involved in the international stabilization force in the works for the Strip after Israeli forces withdraw, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio later asserting that the force must be composed of countries that Israel and the US are "comfortable" with.

The Turkish top diplomat, in his comments on Friday, said that the country's military is still looking into the possibility of participating in the peacekeeping coalition.

Fidan further announced that a disaster response team sent to Gaza in recent days to assist in relief efforts has been stuck in Israel after being refused entry to the Palestinian territory thus far.