Sisi: Egypt, European leaders agree to reject Rafah operation

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says that Egypt and European leaders have agreed to reject a planned Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

An operation “would double the humanitarian catastrophe that civilians in the Gaza Strip are suffering from, in addition to the effects of that operation on liquidating the Palestinian cause, which Egypt outright rejects,” Sisi says during a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Cairo.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said last week that he had approved military operational plans for an offensive in Rafah — a stick Jerusalem continues to hold over the terror group in efforts to reach a hostage release.