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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Israel-Egypt relations

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty arrives at the Rose Garden for an interview on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 22, 2024. (Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP)
September 23, 2024, 6:53 am
Egypt fears ‘all-out’ regional war, blames Israel for stances vs Hamas, Hezbollah
Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty says at UN headquarters that the flareup between Israel and Hezbollah has harmed ceasefire-hostage talks, slams Jerusalem’s ‘provocative policies’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Egypt’s army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Ahmed Fathy Khalifa visits the Gaza border on the Egyptian side of Rafah, September 5, 2024. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 5, 2024, 8:23 pm
Egypt’s army chief visits Gaza border after Israel says Sissi failed on smuggling
Cairo says Netanyahu trying to hide failures with his comments on need to remain in Philadelphi Corridor; US expresses frustration with PM but blames Hamas for slow progress in talks
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 4, 2024, 8:02 pm
Top Netanyahu aide doesn’t rule out pullout from Gaza-Egypt border in deal’s 2nd phase
Strategic Affairs Minister Dermer says IDF must stay at Philadelphi Corridor until ‘practical solution’ found; Cairo says staying there as PM advocated would violate peace treaty
By Lazar Berman
The Taba Hilton on April 4, 2021. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
August 30, 2024, 10:34 pm
Egyptian hotel worker said killed, Israeli tourists wounded in Sinai brawl
Fight reportedly erupts after tourists refused to pay for services at Taba hotel; employee dies en route to hospital
By Agencies and ToI Staff
View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
August 29, 2024, 12:39 pm
‘Philadelphi is becoming Rafah’: Negotiators lament politicization of ceasefire term
Officials say Netanyahu is making a campaign out of controlling border corridor, goading Egypt and complicating hostage talks, as he did with IDF incursion into southern Gaza city
By Jacob Magid
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services, left, with Mossad chief David Barnea at the annual IDF memorial ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War at Yad La-Shiryon, September 27, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
August 23, 2024, 9:55 pm
Signs of modest progress as Israel, Egypt discuss future of latter’s Gaza border
Israel, US officials claim progress made in ‘constructive,’ ongoing talks in Cairo; PM said to agree to Biden request for partial withdrawal from one section of Philadelphi route
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative: This picture taken on December 2, 2023, shows a view of the interior of the newly restored 19th century Jewish synagogue of Ben Ezra in Coptic Cairo. (Photo by Amir MAKAR / AFP)
August 17, 2024, 7:44 am
Study of Cairo’s synagogues reveals an Egyptian Jewish ‘Golden Age’ abruptly ended
In ‘Sacred Places Tell Tales,’ Ben-Gurion University Prof. Yoram Meital examines the modern history of Cairo’s Jews and its thriving pre-1948 community
By Gavriel Fiske
Egyptian-American analyst and author Hussein Aboubakr Mansour at his home in Washington, DC, July 3, 2024 (screenshot from Zoom interview)
August 14, 2024, 10:00 am
How an Egyptian raised on Jew-hatred turned DC lobbyist for Arab-Israeli cooperation
He fled the Morsi regime in 2012. Now, Egyptian-American analyst Hussein Aboubakr Mansour meets with DC policymakers to create an alliance against extremism
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Supporters and relatives of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip since October lift placards during a rally to demand their release in Tel Aviv on August 3, 2024. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
August 7, 2024, 4:17 am
Netanyahu accused of undercutting Israeli credibility in Gaza truce talks
Officials say assurances to Qatar, Egypt and US made by security chiefs representing Jerusalem have been abandoned once the prime minister is consulted, gumming up negotiations
By Jacob Magid
People attend a protest march for hostages held in Gaza, marking 300 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, on August 1, 2024. (Pro-Democracy Movement/ Noam Amir)
August 5, 2024, 9:36 pm
Hostage talks on hold until after Iran response, replacement of Haniyeh — officials
Hamas expected to harden stances, but mediators still plan to try and advance negotiations, which were on verge of breakthrough before assassination, two sources tell ToI
By Jacob Magid
A view of the Philadelphi Corridor, the Egypt-Gaza border area in Rafah, on June 18, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
July 24, 2024, 10:12 am
Egypt showing flexibility on IDF staying along its Gaza border to block arms smuggling
Cairo is moving toward Israeli position despite public declarations, which could harm Hamas effort to ensure total IDF retreat as part of hostage deal, officials tell ToI
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian stranded in Egypt waits to cross Rafah crossing to the Gaza Strip at Rafah, Egypt, after a temporary truce came into effect, November 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
June 7, 2024, 11:55 pm
Talks on reopening Rafah Crossing stuck over Netanyahu refusal to allow PA involvement
Israel’s security establishment backs including PA in running border terminal, but is handcuffed by political echelon which believes it has other options, officials tell ToI
By Jacob Magid
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, left, speaks during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 4, 2024, 2:12 am
Biden says Israel ready to advance deal, urges Qatari pressure on Hamas to agree
Israeli officials accuse PM of harming talks with comments that pushed Hamas to ask for clarity about clauses purposely kept ambiguous so the sides would agree to 1st stage of deal
By Jacob Magid
FILE — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 3, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
June 3, 2024, 5:36 pm
PM says Biden version of deal ‘incomplete’; US: It accurately reflects Israeli offer
Claim Israel will end war before Hamas toppled, hostages freed is ‘incorrect,’ says Netanyahu, but Kirby says going public with proposal was about pressuring Hamas, not jamming PM
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Passersby observe the photos of hostages held in the Gaza Strip that are plastered to the walls of a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 17, 2024 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty).
June 3, 2024, 2:48 pm
Egypt says Hamas views hostage-truce proposal ‘positively,’ awaits Israeli response
Foreign Minister Shoukry repeats Cairo’s rejection of Israeli control of Rafah border crossing; Israeli official tells NBC that Biden’s description of proposal is ‘not accurate’
By Lazar Berman
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