Report: Egypt tells PM he violated peace accord with map presenting Philadelphi as a military zone

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Egypt protested to Israel on Tuesday the map that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used during his press conference the night before, saying that he showed the Philadelphi Corridor as a military zone, in violation of the Camp David accords, reports the Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

The outlet also reports that before the press conference, Netanyahu told Cairo that Israel was willing to discuss the future of the Gaza-Egypt border in negotiations on the second phase of a prisoner deal, but Egypt said they would only accept a pledge to withdraw, even if it didn’t happen in the first phase.

Netanyahu is scheduled to discuss the corridor in an English-language press conference tonight at 7 p.m. Israel time.

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