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Sunday, August 8, 2021
Israel’s national security adviser said to discuss Gaza in snap visit to Egypt
Eyal Hulata, in an undated photograph. (Courtesy)
The new national security adviser, Eyal Hulata, visited Cairo today along with his predecessor Meir Ben-Shabbat and met Egypt’s head of intelligence, Abbas Kamel, Hebrew media reports.
According to the reports, the main topic discussed was the situation in the Gaza Strip and negotiations aimed at stabilizing a ceasefire following May’s 11-day round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terror groups.
The brief visit comes some six weeks after Kamel visited Israel to negotiate the initial ceasefire.
