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Egypt said to warn that Gaza takeover plan would lead to execution of hostages
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Egypt has warned, in a message sent to the United States, that the Israeli proposal to take over Gaza would lead to Hamas executing the Israeli hostages it is holding, Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reports, citing an Egyptian diplomat.
According to the report, this would occur because Hamas and the other terror groups holding the hostages “have orders to ‘neutralize’ them if their captors come under siege and are unable to escape alive.”
The report also states that senior Egyptian officials have demanded an urgent return to the negotiating table between Israel and Hamas regarding a ceasefire in Gaza, and that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has requested to be in direct contact on the matter with US President Donald Trump.
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