Oct 20 (Reuters) - Egypt is planning to host an international conference on Saturday to discuss the escalating war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza.

       The list of attendees expected so far at the Cairo Peace Summit include:

       Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

       Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

       Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

       Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah

       Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

       Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

       Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

       Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides

       German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock

       French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna

       Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa

       British foreign minister James Cleverly

       Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide

       United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

       European Council President Charles Michel

       European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell

       Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Editing by Edmund Blair, Gareth Jones and Jonathan Oatis

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