Egypt-Palestinian relations

PA President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on April 29, 2019. (Majdi Mohammed / POOL / AFP)

April 30, 2019, 11:03 am

Jordan, Egypt said to mediate between Israel and PA over tax transfer standoff

PA official reportedly says there will be no compromise on issue; US unable to resolve crisis because Ramallah cut off contact with Washington

By TOI staff

Tear gas canisters falling amidst Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli forces across the border fence, east of Gaza City, January 18, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

January 18, 2019, 11:37 pm

IDF says Hamas member arrested after crossing into Israel from Gaza

Man immediately apprehended; Palestinians throw rocks, fire bombs and grenades at Israeli troops during weekly protest, IDF responds with tear gas, live fire

By TOI staff

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw tear gas toward Israeli forces during a demonstration along the Israeli fence east of Gaza City on January 18, 2019. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)

January 18, 2019, 6:10 pm

10,000 riot along Gaza border; IDF said to respond with tear gas, live fire

Palestinians throw rocks, fire bombs and hand grenades at Israeli troops; Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says 19 wounded

By TOI staff

This picture taken on January 11, 2019 shows a view of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces across the Gaza-Israel border fence. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

January 12, 2019, 6:11 am

After mass riots on Gaza border, US envoy says Hamas ‘putting lives at risk’

Following death of Palestinian woman amid violent protests, Jason Greenblatt says terror group making ‘cynical use of Gaza’s citizens’ and driving the Strip backward

By TOI staff

Palestinians climb on the Gaza border fence during riots on Friday January, 11, 2019 (Screencapture/Hadashot news)

January 11, 2019, 4:08 pm

Palestinian woman said killed as 13,000 riot at Gaza fence; IAF hits Hamas posts

Egypt tries to soothe tensions as Strip’s terrorist rulers step up threats of attacks, calling for Israel to let in Qatari cash and for Cairo to reopen Rafah crossing

By Judah Ari Gross

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (Flash90, Said Khatib/AFP)

January 8, 2019, 12:39 pm

When Hamas and Fatah fight, the ricochets are likely to end up hitting Israel

Relations between Palestinian factions are again threatening to explode, after the PA abandoned the Rafah crossing, leading to its closure

By Avi Issacharoff

Palestinian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

October 30, 2018, 3:13 pm

Egyptian intelligence officials in Gaza for resumption of ceasefire talks

Latest round comes after weekend violence, reports of Hamas demanding Israel let in $15 million from Qatar every month in exchange for calm

By TOI staff

Palestinians wait to travel to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 26, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)

October 21, 2018, 9:27 am

Gazans at Egypt border seek to escape blockade

Since May, some 200 Gazans a day have left the beleaguered, Hamas-run enclave; many of them have no plans to return

By Clothilde Mraffko

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a youth conference in Cairo, Egypt, July 29, 2018. (MENA via AP)

July 29, 2018, 11:22 pm

Sissi urges Israeli public to seize ‘a great opportunity for peace’

In direct appeal in Cairo conference, Egyptian president says solution to conflict won’t harm Israel’s security or stability

By Michael Bachner

Muslim worshippers pray near the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located on the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, during the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan on May 18, 2018 (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

May 18, 2018, 5:53 pm

Tens of thousands from West Bank attend Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem

1,500 police deployed in capital, but no limits on access to Temple Mount; officials brace for protests in West Bank and East Jerusalem as well as Gaza

By TOI staff

Muslims pray at the Temple Mount on July 27, 2017.(AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

May 18, 2018, 9:32 am

Israel girds for first Friday of Ramadan amid heightened tensions

1,500 police deployed in capital, but no limits on access to Temple Mount, as officials worry protests may move from Gaza border to West Bank and East Jerusalem

By TOI staff

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt, on December 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

May 17, 2018, 2:26 pm

Egypt’s Sissi exhorts both sides to avoid further deaths in Gaza

Leader says Cairo in touch with both ‘our Palestinian brothers’ and Israelis ‘so that this bloodshed would stop’

By AFP and TOI staff

Hamas's new deputy leader Salah al-Arouri (seated, left) and Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (seated, right) sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements work to end their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

April 17, 2018, 6:36 am

Egypt invites Hamas leaders for talks on Gaza protests, reconciliation

Cairo pressuring terror group to stop weekly disturbances along Israeli border as part of wider efforts to help implement unity deal with Fatah

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinians bid farewell as they prepare to travel into Egypt after the Rafah border crossing was opened for three days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip April 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)

April 12, 2018, 3:42 pm

Egypt opens Gaza border ahead of new protests against Israel

Rafah crossing to stay open for humanitarian cases until Saturday, while Palestinians prepare for third week of Hamas-led ‘March of Return’ demonstrations

By AFP and TOI staff

Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad, right, and Saleh al-Arouri, left, of Hamas shake hands after signing a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements ostensibly ended their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

April 7, 2018, 4:12 am

Egypt sending mediators to Gaza in bid to save faltering unity deal — report

Delegation from Cairo stepping up pressure to implement reconciliation agreement between Hamas and its West Bank rival, Fatah

By Khaled Abu Toameh