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That Egypt won’t open its border for a humanitarian corridor to let out hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Gazans reflect serious, and legitimate, concerns, write Ghaith al-Omari and ...
GENEVA (Reuters) -The prospect of Gazans crossing into Egypt from the border town of Rafah to escape a military assault would make the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible and ...
Egypt is facing mounting pressure to act as neighboring Gaza gets pummeled by Israeli strikes after last weekend’s brutal assault by Hamas. The last remaining exit for Gazans is through Egypt ...
As a result of many protests, Egypt opened up the Rafah Border Crossing to allow the wounded into Egyptian hospitals. [30] The Egyptian Ministry of Health sent 30 buses to North Sinai to help transport injured Palestinians. [31] The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs said that Hamas does not allow the wounded Gazans to cross the borders to ...
Egypt Egypt's argument is that it cannot open Rafah crossing unless the Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas controls the crossing and international monitors are present. Egypt Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Hamas wants the border opened because it would represent Egyptian recognition of the group's control of Gaza. "Of course ...
In 1978, Israel and Egypt signed the historic Camp David Accords which brought an official end to the strife between them. The second part of the accords was a framework for the establishment of an autonomous regime in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Arab Republic of Egypt thus renounced any territorial claims over the Gaza Strip.
While Egypt allowed Palestinians to enter Egypt, it did not let them travel very far; Palestinians were not allowed to travel further than Arish. [30] Egypt said that it would not use force to send back Palestinians. [31] Foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said the border would be closed again when all the Palestinians had returned. [31]
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will not accept any changes to the security arrangements that were in place on its border with Gaza before war broke out between Israel and Hamas last October, the Egyptian ...