Egypt denies that it is willing to temporarily relocate half a million Gazans to Sinai

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

The Egyptian State Information Service announces that Cairo categorically and completely denies allegations that it is prepared to temporarily transfer half a million Palestinians from Gaza to a city in the northern Sinai as part of reconstruction efforts in the Strip.

“Egypt’s position is firm in its absolute and final rejection of any attempt to displace Palestinians,” it says.

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