Egyptian authorities view negatively the fact that they have to accept refugees from the Gaza Strip and threaten to send them to Europe. This was reported by Finance Times With reference to sources.
According to the publication, Cairo was unhappy with the pressure exerted by the West to open the checkpoint in the Gaza Strip to refugees in the face of a possible Israeli ground operation in Gaza.
Egypt fears this could increase the flow of refugees to the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian officials believe that some of them may later become new militants seeking revenge against Israel.
The other day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a phone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry. stated On the inadmissibility of attacks against civilian targets in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone. On October 16, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed in a telephone conversation to work to eliminate the causes of the conflict between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. Against this background, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
Previously “socialbites.ca” answered On important questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.