Al-Sisi refuses to talk to Netanyahu and escalatory statements from Israel towards Egypt on charges of financing Hamas

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The Hebrew Channel 13 reported that the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently tried to coordinate contact with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, but it was rejected by the Egyptian presidency. Channel 13 reported, citing two informed sources, that in light of the differences in opinion with Egypt over a possible move on the Philadelphia-Rafah axis, the Prime Minister’s Office submitted, through the National Security Headquarters, a request to coordinate a call between Netanyahu and Egyptian President Sisi, “but to no avail.”

The last conversation between Netanyahu and Sisi took place during June, after the attack on the Egyptian border, and months before the start of the war. This comes amid major disagreements with the Egyptians over the course of Israeli action along the Philadelphia axis, according to the channel. According to the channel, an official in Netanyahu’s office confirmed these details, but no official comment was issued. Egypt had responded to Israel's allegations that weapons smuggling operations were taking place via trucks carrying aid and goods to the Gaza Strip from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, and considered this merely "empty and ridiculous nonsense."

This is while Israeli Knesset member Aryeh Eldad warned his country's government of Egypt's growing power and military power in the region, stressing that it still poses the greatest danger to Israel. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi responded to the accusations directed at Egypt of obstructing the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip, noting that before the war, Gaza was receiving 600 trucks per day that entered through Egypt, but now the highest estimate has been reached at 200 or 220 trucks. .

Al-Sisi added: “I am saying this because it is said that Egypt is the reason. No, no, I will tell you that it is very difficult. Where will I go from God? If I am the reason for not earning a living that I can bring into Gaza, where will I go from God? The Rafah crossing is open 7 days, 24 hours.” In 30 days,” he explained, explaining that the measures followed by the other side, Israel, are what obstruct the entry of aid and lead to this, and this is a form of pressure on the Gaza Strip and its residents because of the hostage issue. “Israel” is using this matter to put pressure on the population. The Israeli legal team at the International Court of Justice held Egypt fully responsible for the Rafah crossing, claiming that the Israeli side did not prevent the entry of aid.


On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considered that Qatar's mediation role in the exchange deal with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) represents a problem. Channel 12 reported - based on a leaked recording of Netanyahu meeting with the families of prisoners detained in Gaza - that Qatar is more problematic than the United Nations and the Red Cross. He added that he was disappointed that Washington was not putting more pressure on Doha, and that it had extended its presence at the military base in Qatar. Netanyahu indicated that he did not thank Qatar publicly because it did not exert more pressure on the Hamas movement, which Doha is believed to be financing.

Haaretz newspaper reported from informed sources that Netanyahu informed the families of the prisoners that Israel is ready to make concessions for the sake of a new deal, and an Israeli channel published general principles for the deal that do not include an end to the war, which is one of Hamas’ conditions. Israeli media confirmed that the negotiations are continuing and that Israel has not received any response from Hamas through mediators, at a time when US envoy Brett McGurk is touring the region, including Egypt and Qatar, to hold “serious” talks regarding reaching an agreement to release the prisoners held by Hamas in Gaza and a humanitarian truce. , according to White House spokesman John Kirby. Qatar - along with Egypt and the United States - played a role in reaching a truce between Hamas and Israel last November, and the two sides exchanged the release of numbers of prisoners.
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