🇪🇬🇮🇱🇵🇸 Egypt pushing Israel and Hamas to prevent escalation

Egypt has been in close contact with Israel and Hamas to try to prevent further escalation in fighting between them and ensure the protection of Israelis taken hostage by Palestinian militants, Reuter's Egyptian security sources said.

Egypt had urged Israel to exercise restraint and Hamas to hold its captives in good condition to keep open the possibility of de-escalation soon, although successive Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip made mediation difficult, said the sources.

Egypt's Sinai Peninsula shares a border with the Gaza Strip and with Israel, and Cairo has acted as a mediator between Israel and Palestinian groups in previous conflicts.

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🇪🇬🇵🇸🇮🇱 Tension on Egypt's border with Gaza and Israel increased, led to the closing of borders

Israeli air strikes and artillery shelling hit the area of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, disrupting operations at the only exit point on Gaza's southern border, Egyptian security officials said.

Egypt, meanwhile, has urged Israel to open humanitarian corridors for the strip's 2.3 million people to escape the bombardment.

Three other crossings along Egypt's borders with the Gaza Strip and Israel have been closed for security reasons.

Authorities have meanwhile stepped up patrols along Egypt's borders with Gaza and Israel to prevent any infiltrations by militants into Israel.

Troops deployed in the area have been placed on high alert and given permission to use deadly force against suspicious movements by anyone who approaches.

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🇪🇬🇵🇸🇮🇱 Egypt moves to prevent exodus of Palestinians from besieged Gaza

Egypt is moving to avert a mass exodus from the Gaza Strip into its Sinai Peninsula, as Israeli bombardment halted crossings at the main exit point from the Palestinian enclave on Tuesday, Gaza and Egyptian officials said.

Israel's assault on Gaza has caused alarm in Egypt, which has urged Israel to provide safe passage for civilians from the enclave rather than encouraging them to flee southwest towards Sinai.

The Rafah border crossing remained shut on Wednesday morning, after Egyptian military planes conducted flights nearby overnight. The military has also taken up new positions close to the border, running patrols to monitor the area.

"Egypt would not allow the issue to be settled at the expense of others," Sisi said, an apparent reference to the risk that Palestinians could be pushed into Sinai.

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🇪🇬🇵🇸 Egypt facilitating deliveries of aid to Sinai for Gaza

Egypt said on Thursday it was directing international aid flights for Gaza to an airport in northern Sinai, since delivery of relief into the Palestinian enclave has so far been hampered by Israeli bombardments around the border.

The Rafah crossing between Sinai and Gaza remained open, the Egyptian foreign ministry said, adding that Egypt had asked Israel to avoid targeting the Palestinian side of the crossing.

Al Arish airport in northern Sinai, about 45 km from the Gaza border, was preparing to receive three aid flights from Qatar and Jordan, but these would not leave the airport until humanitarian corridors had been established, Reuters sources said.

They said Egypt and Jordan had received assurances from the United States that aid would be delivered to Gaza.

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🇪🇬🇮🇱🇵🇸 Egypt warns against Israeli call for Gaza residents to move south

Egypt's foreign ministry warned on Friday against calls from the Israeli army for more than 1 million of the Gaza Strip's residents to leave their homes and head south, saying it would have a serious impact on humanitarian conditions in the enclave.

Such a move would be a "grave violation" of international humanitarian law and expose the lives of Gaza residents to danger, putting hundreds of thousands of people in areas not fit to accommodate them, the ministry said in a statement.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Friday that Gallant said Palestinian civilians "who want to save their lives" must heed Israel's warning to evacuate southward in Gaza.

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🇪🇬🇹🇷🇮🇱🇵🇸 Egyptian Foreign Minister hosted Turkish counterpart to discuss Israel-Hamas war

Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, hosted his Turkish counterpart in Cairo, on Saturday, allocating a significant portion of their discussions on developments in the Gaza Strip.

Speaking alongside his Egyptian counterpart and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Hakan Fidan reiterated Turkey's strong condemnation of any attacks targeting innocent civilians and also expressed Turkey's disapproval of what he referred to as Israel's policy of deporting Palestinians to Egypt.

"Developments related to Gaza have captured a large amount of conversation among us, and there is a common vision about the importance of working to overcome the extremely serious humanitarian impacts that are affecting the Palestinian people in Gaza, the importance of containing this conflict, and the importance of full adherence to the rules of international humanitarian law and respecting non-targeting and harm. Civilians are at risk from any side," added Egyptian Foreign Minister.

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🇿🇦🇪🇬🇵🇸🇮🇱 South Africa leader to attend Cairo summit on Gaza conflict

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to attend a peace summit in Cairo on Saturday, to discuss how to bring an end to the Israeli-Gaza conflict.

He was invited by Egypt's president to join the talks, which will cover "the escalation of conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip, the urgent need for humanitarian support and make a call for the resumption of the peace process", the South African presidency said.

It said that Mr Ramaphosa was “deeply concerned” about the attacks on civilians, the displacement of people and the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

The South African leader had earlier said he was ready to mediate in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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🇹🇷🇪🇬🇵🇸 Turkey sends two more planes of aid to Egypt for Gaza, plans more

Turkey sent two cargo planes to Egypt on Monday carrying medical equipment and supplies for Gaza, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, adding two more aircraft would be sent with more supplies.

Koca said the cargo planes carried medicine, generators, medical supplies, incubators for babies, phototherapy machinery, diapers and baby food.

Earlier this month, Turkey sent three aircraft carrying aid for Gaza. On Sunday, it also sent a medical team and supplies to Egypt, saying Ankara was ready to treat wounded Palestinians in Turkey, if needed, and to set up a field hospital at Egypt's El Arish Airport and Rafah border crossing.

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🇵🇸🇪🇬 Rafah crossing to be opened Wednesday for injured Gazans to complete treatment in Egypt

The Rafah border crossing will be opened Wednesday for a number of Palestinians who were injured in Gaza to complete their treatment in Egyptian hospitals, Egyptian medical and security sources as well as a Palestinian border official said on Tuesday.

The General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza said Egyptian authorities told it that 81 Gazans who were severely wounded will be allowed to enter Egypt on Wednesday to complete treatment.

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#BREAKING| #Israeli airstrikes targeted the gate of Al Shifa Hospital as well as a convoy of ambulances that were supposed to leave the besieged strip to #Egypt.

The pogroms come following a visit by #US Secretary of State to #Israel.

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 🌍 Which regions are affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict that started a month ago has undoubtedly had an impact on other regions in the Greater Middle East. These regions house pro-Iranian groups and Western targets.

In our infographics, we have included all documented cases of attacks, shelling, statements, and other actions that have taken place in the target countries. Among these countries, Syria stands out due to its geographical location. It is the only country where retaliatory strikes have been launched against the positions of pro-Iranian groups. We are not considering Lebanon in this context, as local groups directly participate in the conflict.

❗️However, upon closer examination, it becomes apparent that the actions of pro-Iranian groups have failed to cause any significant damage and are primarily aimed at achieving PR goals.

Moreover, the only tangible outcome of these actions has been the reinforcement of US Armed Forces in the Middle East region and an increased burden on the US military-industrial complex with new orders.

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🇪🇬🇵🇸🇮🇱 Rafah crossing re-opens for limited evacuations from Gaza

Dozens of foreign passport holders and some medical evacuees passed through the Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt on Monday after evacuations resumed following a two-day suspension.

The Gaza border authority had said earlier that Egyptians and foreign citizens already on pre-approved lists issued since last Wednesday would be allowed through the crossing, the only exit from Gaza that does not border Israel.

Passage of foreign nationals and dependents, as well as injured Gazans, had ceased on Saturday after an Israeli strike on an ambulance in Gaza.

The flow of aid trucks, which enter Gaza through the crossing, had slowed to 25 trucks on Sunday from a high of 102 trucks on Thursday.

After evacuations resumed on Monday about 80 dual nationals and 17 medical evacuees had left through Rafah, with 48 aid trucks crossing in the other direction.

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🇪🇬🇵🇸🇮🇱 Egypt denies allegations of participating in any process involving displacement of Gazans into Sinai

Egypt categorically denied allegations of participating in any process involving the displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip into the Sinai Peninsula, the country's State Information Service (SIS) said.

Sources told Reuters that Egypt, as a precautionary measure, is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier.

"Egypt's decisive stance since the beginning of the aggression is to completely reject any forced or voluntary displacement of Palestinian brothers from the Gaza Strip to outside it, especially to Egyptian territory," Diaa Rashwan, the SIS head, said.

He said such scenario would entail "a definite liquidation of the Palestinian cause and a direct threat to Egyptian sovereignty and national security."

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🇪🇬🇮🇱🇯🇴🇵🇸 Today, the Egyptian Air Force, with assistance from Jordan, conducted another humanitarian aid drop. While in the past the supplies were destined for residents of the central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, this time they landed in the north of the enclave.

Compared to the previous airdrop of aid into the Mediterranean, today's drop was closer to the eastern border. Nevertheless, some of the cargo was again carried by the wind into Israeli border territory.

Airdrops currently serve as an effective method for delivering humanitarian aid to the enclave, given the extreme difficulty of travel through border checkpoints. This is especially crucial amidst a rise in deaths from hunger and exhaustion in the Gaza Strip, a situation that the local Ministry of Health representatives have been reporting for the second consecutive day.
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⚡️ ⭕️ Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor:

📌 The #Gaza Strip records daily deaths of patients and wounded as a result of the blockade and #Israel's prevention of the entry of medical supplies and medicines and its destruction of the health sector.

📌 Deprivation of necessary treatment, food and other materials essential for survival is a slow death for those who were not directly killed by #Israeli military attacks.

📌 We receive dozens of complaints daily from #Palestinians who need to travel or travel for their relatives to receive life-saving treatment outside the #Gaza Strip, in light of the majority of hospitals being out of service due to the blockade and #Israeli targeting.

📌 The health crisis has been seriously worsening since #Israel closed the #Rafah land crossing with #Egypt last May, which prevented thousands of wounded and sick people from traveling to receive treatment and led to the death of hundreds of them so far.

▫️ Data from the #Palestinian Ministry of Health in #Gaza indicate that there are more than 12,000 wounded and 14,000 patients in need of urgent external transfer to save lives.

📌These are part of the tens of thousands who are in dire need of travel to complete treatment or receive essential health and rehabilitation services that are not available in the #Gaza Strip.

📌Deaths due to the lack of medicines or treatment or the lack of adequate health care are in the dozens daily and they are not officially counted among the victims of the ongoing #Israeli military attacks.

📌The data indicates a significant increase in the death rate in the #Gaza Strip during the past months compared to the same period in the previous two years, and this is related to hospitals being out of service and the collapse of the health system as a result of systematic #Israeli targeting.

📌We warn that thousands of cancer patients are facing severe suffering and are threatened with death due to the lack of treatment and their need to be transferred to travel to receive chemotherapy doses.

📌The ongoing siege and closure of crossings after the #Israeli destruction of hospitals and health facilities in #Gaza and putting most of them out of service means an #Israeli decision to carry out a mass execution of patients and the injured and deliberately kill them.

📌Israel is committing full-fledged war crimes against hospitals and protected persons, including the wounded and sick in #Gaza, without respecting the rules of international law.

📌Urgent action is required to lift the siege on #Gaza, bring in medical supplies to save the lives of sick and wounded civilians, guarantee the right to travel for treatment for patients, bring in the necessary supplies to rebuild the health system immediately, and ensure its protection from #Israeli targeting.

🇪🇬 Egypt will bid for 2036 and 2040 Olympics, African Olympic committees chief says

Egypt will bid to host the 2036 and 2040 Summer Olympics, with the country's improving infrastructure and sports facilities key for a successful African bid, said the head of the African national Olympic committees association (ANOCA) on Sunday.

The continent has never staged an Olympic Games. Cairo last made an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Olympics.

The most populous country in the Arab world, Egypt has spent billions of dollars building facilities, stadiums and sports complexes in recent years as part of its plans to modernise the country.

The Egypt International Olympic City complex in the new administrative capital the country has been building east of Cairo since 2015 is expected to have a 93,900-capacity national stadium and 21 other sports facilities.

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⚡️ #Urgent #Hamas: #Hamas dealt with all responsibility with the efforts of the mediator brothers in Qatar and #Egypt and with all proposals aimed at reaching an agreement to stop the aggression against our people and conclude a prisoner exchange deal, in order to spare the blood of our people, and to put an end to the war of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and brutal massacres committed by the government and army. The occupation is against our #Palestinian people in the #Gaza Strip.

The movement also expressed its approval of the mediators’ proposal on 5/6/2024, welcomed President Biden’s announcement, and what was stated in the UN Security Council resolution, and responded to the proposal presented by the mediators, and approved it on 7/2/2024.

Following the issuance of the tripartite statement, the movement asked the mediators to submit a plan to implement what they presented to the movement and agreed to, so that the negotiations would not continue to revolve in a vicious circle due to Netanyahu’s procrastination and his placing more conditions and obstacles to reaching an agreement, in a way that serves his strategy to buy time and prolong the aggression.

After we listened to the mediators about what happened in the last round of talks in Doha, we were once again confirmed that Netanyahu is still placing obstacles to reaching an agreement, and setting new conditions and demands, with the aim of thwarting the efforts of the mediators and prolonging the war.

The new proposal responds to Netanyahu’s conditions and is consistent with them, especially his rejection of a permanent ceasefire and comprehensive withdrawal from the #Gaza Strip, and his insistence on continuing the occupation of the Netzarim Junction, the #Rafah Crossing, and the Philadelphia Corridor. He also set new conditions in the prisoner exchange file, and withdrew from other provisions, which prevents Completion of the exchange transaction.

We hold Netanyahu fully responsible for thwarting the efforts of the mediators, obstructing reaching an agreement, and fully responsible for the lives of his prisoners who are exposed to the same danger to which our people are exposed, as a result of his continued aggression and systematic targeting of all aspects of life in the #Gaza Strip.

We in the #Hamas movement affirm our commitment to what we agreed to on July 2, which is based on the Biden declaration and the Security Council resolution, and we call on the mediators to assume their responsibilities and oblige the occupation to implement what was agreed upon.