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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Egypt’s Sissi, in meeting with Blinken, warns of risk of Gaza war expanding regionally
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has warned of the risk of the Gaza war expanding regionally in a way “difficult to imagine” during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Egyptian presidency says.
Blinken is in Cairo pushing for areas of possible progress on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal in talks planned for later this week, with major areas of dispute between Israel and Hamas left unresolved.