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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Israel-Egypt relations

People cheer as a convoy of buses from North Africa depart from Tunisia to Gaza to break Israel's blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory, in Gabes, Tunisia, June 9, 2025. (AP)
June 12, 2025, 3:33 am
Katz urges Egypt to block Gaza-bound activist convoys
Cairo says it backs ‘pressure on Israel’ to lift blockade but stresses foreigners seeking to visit border with Strip must receive official approval
By AFP and ToI Staff
Members of a diplomatic delegation from the European Union stand behind a gate on the eastern entrance of Jenin camp during a visit to the city of Jenin, on May 21, 2025 (Mohammad MANSOUR / AFP)
May 21, 2025, 9:52 pm
International outrage rings out after troops fire near dozens of diplomats in Jenin
Countries summon Israeli envoys, demand explanations and investigations into why soldiers fired warning shots near group of diplomats during visit to major West Bank city
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
In this undated 1969 photo, Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, left, is seen with Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gaddafi, in Suez, Egypt. (AP Photo/ Farouk Ibrahim)
April 29, 2025, 8:06 pm
Egypt’s Nasser said in 1970 he had ‘no interest’ in Palestinian cause, recording reveals
Audio released by Nasser’s son of conversation with Libya’s Gaddafi said to raise questions among president’s critics over his publicly militant persona
By Lazar Berman and AFP
Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza hold a press conference at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 22, 2025, 9:53 pm
Hamas delegation heads to Cairo as Egypt takes mediation lead in hostage talks
Qatari newspaper echoes reporting by BBC and Times of Israel on new proposal for long-term ceasefire, with efforts to finalize deal before Trump visits region next month
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
A man hoists a sign reading 'No to displacement' at a demonstration against US President Donald Trump's plan to take over Gaza, on the Egyptian side of the Strip's Rafah Border Crossing, January 31, 2025. (Kerolos Salah / AFP)
April 2, 2025, 7:26 pm
Study finds Egyptian state media overwhelmingly anti-Israel, antisemitic
Research says 87% of opinion pieces about Israel in country’s two leading news outlets speak negatively about the Jewish state, and 30% of those about Jews use antisemitic tropes
By Zev Stub
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, March 18, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
March 18, 2025, 5:50 pm
Qatar, Egypt demand resumption of ceasefire talks, slam Israeli ‘escalation’
Mediators reportedly seeking quick return to negotiating table; Jordan condemns ‘barbaric bombing’ while Turkey calls Israeli airstrikes a ‘new phase in its policy of genocide’
By Agencies
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer walks into the Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, DC on December 26, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
March 9, 2025, 10:42 pm
Dermer lobbied for moving Gazans to Sinai during ‘tense’ meet with Egyptian official
PM’s confidant claimed Egyptian public less opposed to idea than its government, alarming Cairo, which has since sought to bring him to country to further make case against idea
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is greeted by Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter on his arrival in Washington DC, February 3, 2025. (Yechiel Leiter/X)
February 15, 2025, 2:19 am
Israel’s US envoy: Egypt’s Sissi is breaking peace deal, ‘playing both sides’ with Hamas
Ambassador Yechiel Leiter tells US Jewish leaders Israel will start sharing ‘truth’ about Qatar after having to ‘suck it up’ for captives’ sake, says Turkey stoking tensions on Temple Mount
By Jacob Magid
Left: US President Donald Trump at Trump National Doral Miami, January 27, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP); Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League joint extraordinary leaders summit in Riyadh, November 11, 2024. (SPA / AFP)
February 1, 2025, 8:15 pm
Trump speaks with Egypt’s Sissi after repeatedly floating idea to relocate Gazans
US, Egyptian readouts of call make no mention of proposal, after Arab foreign ministers convene in Cairo to reject any effort to ‘vacate’ Strip
By AP, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Wounded Palestinians and caregivers sit on a bus as they prepare to cross through the Rafah crossing into Egypt, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
February 1, 2025, 3:06 pm
After 9 months, Rafah Border Crossing reopens for patients to leave Gaza for Egypt
Hamas-run authorities say sick, wounded children and carers evacuated through gateway; reports say injured Hamas fighters also set to cross under terms of hostage-ceasefire deal
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Col. Shemer Raviv, the commander of the Paran Regional Brigade, on the Israel-Egypt border, January 12, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
January 21, 2025, 7:36 am
On Egypt border, senior IDF officer warns quietest ‘front’ has potential to erupt
Col. Shemer Raviv details challenges on 200-kilometer border for which he is responsible, including the increasing threat of drones
By Emanuel Fabian
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, US President Jimmy Carter, center, and late Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the North Lawn of the White House as they completed signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in Washington, March 26, 1979. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
December 30, 2024, 12:55 am
Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, who brokered Israel-Egypt peace, dies at 100
One-term president from small-town Georgia hosted PM Menachem Begin and Egypt’s Anwar Sadat for talks at Camp David to reach landmark peace deal five years after Yom Kippur War
By Bill Barrow
People walk past photographs of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, December 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 5, 2024, 6:46 pm
Israeli official: Egypt has proposed hostage deal with extended truce, not end to war
Official says Israel open to discussing outline that has been handed to Hamas, in which ‘humanitarian’ category of hostages would be released, reportedly over 60 days
By Lazar Berman
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
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