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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Sameh Shoukry

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
A tank with an Israeli flag on it enters the Gazan side of the Rafah Border Crossing on May 7, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)
May 14, 2024, 9:06 pm
Palestinian Authority snubbing Israeli offer to quietly run Rafah border crossing
Israel, Egypt trade blame for continued closure of key crossing; PM wanted Ramallah’s officers to operate under guise of local aid group, fearing opposition from far-right partners
By Jacob Magid
File: Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attends a panel discussion during the World Economic Forum Special Meeting in Riyadh on April 29, 2024. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
May 12, 2024, 8:51 pm
Egypt joins ICJ case against Israel as one official warns Rafah op puts peace at risk
As IDF deepens action in city, Cairo escalates pressure on Jerusalem to pull back troops; at the same time, country’s FM insists peace treaty is ‘core pillar of regional stability’
By Lazar Berman and AP
Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 9, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 10, 2024, 2:00 pm
Hamas says no budging from already-rejected hostage deal offer as Cairo talks break up
Terror group claims ‘ball in the hands of the occupation’ after team decamps for Doha while insisting it will not make any concessions; Egypt says flexibility needed on both sides
By ToI Staff
Palestinians run along a street as humanitarian aid is airdropped in Gaza City on March 1, 2024 (AFP)
March 1, 2024, 7:23 pm
Calls intensify for probe into Gaza aid stampede as global criticism of Israel mounts
Allies demand answers on how deadly event unfolded; Colombia president echoes Holocaust accusations, announces end to arms purchases from Israel
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (left) shakes hands with his Slovenian counterpart Tanja Fajon in Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 12, 2024. (Egyptian Foreign Ministry)
February 12, 2024, 7:41 pm
Egypt says peace treaty with Israel safe despite jitters over Rafah offensive
Foreign minister Shoukry appears to rebuff reports that Cairo could suspend agreement if IDF pushes into southern Gaza city, risking influx into Sinai
By ToI Staff
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, January. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
January 23, 2024, 4:31 pm
Top EU diplomat says Israel has no right to block creation of Palestinian state
In a joint statement with Egyptian FM Shoukry, Borrell reaffirms the right to self-determination for all parties, says ‘nobody can veto it’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (R) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands during a press conference following a meeting at al-Tahrir Palace in the center of Cairo on January 14, 2024. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
January 14, 2024, 11:39 pm
Visiting Egypt, China’s FM calls for Palestinian state, Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Along with counterpart Sameh Shoukry, Wang Yi urges international peace conference; discusses with Sissi the need to immediately end fighting to prevent spillover to new fronts
By AFP
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi departs after holding a news conference, in New York, September 20, 2023. (Jason DeCrow/AP)
September 21, 2023, 2:47 pm
Iranian president sees no obstacle to establishing ties with Egypt
Ebrahim Raisi, in New York, says meeting of countries’ foreign ministers can be first step to patching diplomatic relations; calls on world powers to return to nuclear pact
By ToI Staff and AP
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, right, meets with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 18, 2023, 1:20 pm
Turkey’s top diplomat visits Cairo in effort to mend ties after years of tensions
Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu is highest-ranking Ankara official to formally visit in over decade, apparently for talks on Libya, tensions over Mediterranean gas exploration
By Samy Magdy
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) arrive for a press conference at the foreign ministry headquarters in Damascus on February 27, 2023. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
February 27, 2023, 12:56 pm
Egypt’s FM visits Syria for 1st time in decade, as isolation of Assad regime weakens
After devastating earthquake, Sameh Shoukry is greeted by his counterpart at Damascus airport, as Arab outreach increases to government long shunned over civil war
By AFP
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush speaks at the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers, in the capital Tripoli, on January 22, 2023. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP)
January 22, 2023, 4:20 pm
Most FMs boycott Arab League meeting in Tripoli amid dispute over Libyan government
Egypt, UAE and Saudi Arabia among members absent from forum, challenging legitimacy of government whose rival they back
By Samy Magdy
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (L) and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90; Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
January 19, 2023, 6:45 pm
FM Cohen to visit Ukraine, most senior Israeli official to do so since war began
Israel’s top diplomat accepts invitation during call with Ukrainian counterpart, urges Kyiv to join fight against Iranian Guards; Egypt sends message about Temple Mount
By Lazar Berman
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