U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Qatar’s prime minister on Saturday in Spain to discuss a plan to end the war in Gaza, Axios reported, citing two sources familiar with the meeting.

The plan will be presented within the next two weeks, the source said.

The meeting comes at a critical time, as the Zionist occupation announced a plan to occupy Gaza City, expanding the military offensive in the Palestinian enclave devastated by nearly a two-year genocidal war.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday criticized the occupation’s plan, with the U.N. chief’s spokesperson saying the decision marked “a dangerous escalation” that will result in forced displacement of Palestinians.

“This decision marks a dangerous escalation and risks deepening the already catastrophic consequences for millions of Palestinians, and could further endanger more lives,” the U.N. chief’s spokesperson said in a statement.

That decision “will result in additional forced displacement, killings and massive destruction, compounding the unimaginable suffering of the Palestinian population in Gaza,” the statement added.

Foreign ministers of Australia, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the UK have issued a joint statement, strongly rejecting the plan to occupy Gaza City.

“Any attempts at annexation or of settlement extension violate international law,” the statement read.

In parallel, some 20 countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, said the plan constituted “a flagrant violation of international law, and an attempt to entrench the illegal occupation and impose a fait accompli… in contravention of international legitimacy.”

Palestinian Presidency spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh warned that the occupation’s policies, including the reoccupation of Gaza, attempts to annex the West Bank, and the Judaization of Jerusalem, will close all doors to achieving security and stability both regionally and globally, WAFA news agency reported.

Abu Rudeineh underscored that the Gaza Strip is “an integral part of the State of Palestine, just like Jerusalem and the West Bank. Without it, there will be no Palestinian state.”

The Zionist occupation’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 61,369 people and wounded 152,850 others since October 2023.