IMF could augment Egypt’s loan programme over effects of Gaza war
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says the Israel-Gaza war has had an economic impact on neighbouring countries. The International Monetary Fund is seeking to increase Egypt’s loan programme due to the effects of the war in neighbouring Gaza, according to a…
Israel-Palestine war: Egyptian activists call for ‘convoy of conscience’ to break Gaza siege
Union organisers say Sisi’s government ‘has not done its best’ to challenge the Israeli blockade on Gaza and assert its sovereignty over the Rafah border crossing Egypt’s Journalist Syndicate has called for a humanitarian convoy into Gaza as very little aid has been allowed…
Israel-Palestine war: Riled by Israel’s Gaza plans, Egypt pushes back
Egypt is telling the US that Israel’s stated goal to remove Hamas from governing the Gaza Strip is an unrealistic war aim, according to sources familiar with the matter. The warnings are being delivered regularly by Egyptian officials as Cairo…
Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opens for limited evacuation
The Rafah border border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time in more than three weeks of brutal conflict to allow the evacuation of dozens of Palestinian injured requiring hospital treatment and hundreds of foreign passport-holders. Live pictures…
Blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns near Israel border, six injured
Projectiles hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns on Friday, sources and officials say, wounding at least six people in Taba near the border with Israel. Egyptian army spokesperson Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez said an “unidentified drone” crashed into a building adjacent…
Israel-Palestine war: Egypt’s Sisi warns against actions resulting from ‘anger’
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi on Wednesday warned his armed forces and the general public to rein in their anger and enthusiasm, in an apparent reference to the outrage felt in Egypt at the Israeli military onslaught on neighbouring Gaza. Speaking during an inspection of…
Israel-Palestine war: Sisi says Israel can transfer Palestinians in Gaza to Negev desert
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday declared his government’s rejection of the forced transfer of Palestinian civilians from Gaza into Sinai, suggesting Israel could instead relocate them to the Negev desert. The statements come as Israeli air strikes continue to bombard civilian buildings and infrastructure…
Egypt warned Israel of Hamas attack days earlier, senior US politician says
Head of US foreign affairs committee says warning was given, but it is unclear ‘at what level’, supporting claims reported from Egyptian sources A senior US politician said Israel had received an official warning from Egypt of a possible attack from Gaza…
Israel-Palestine war: Egypt prepares for influx of refugees from Gaza amid bombing
Israel‘s ongoing operations in the Gaza Strip are leaving Egypt braced for an influx of refugees, with resources being set up in North Sinai to take care of the wounded and homeless, a report by Mada Masr said on Monday. The local news website…
Egypt: Two Israeli tourists shot and killed in Alexandria
Reports say an Egyptian policeman opened fire on Israelis at Pompey’s Pillar tourist site At least two Israelis and one Egyptian have been killed after a man opened fire at Israeli tourists in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Sunday, according to the country’s interior…
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