Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with Egyptian Intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, showing him the Israeli military’s views on how to maintain a long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
“Gantz presented the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Directorate with the security-diplomacy principles that were put together by the defense establishment,” his office says.
Kamel has met with a number of top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to discuss ongoing efforts to maintain the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, following this month’s 11-day battle between the two sides.
Director-General of the Defense Ministry Amir Eshel and the head of the ministry’s influential Political-Military Affairs Bureau, Zohar Palti, also attended the meeting between Gantz and Kamel, the defense minister’s office says.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (L) meets with Egyptian intelligence Abbas Kamel at his office in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2021. (Elad Malka/Defense Ministry)
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