Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said, “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to contact Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, but El-Sisi did not respond.”
Yedioth Ahronoth indicated, “This position comes in the context of tension between Israel and Egypt, and that it came hours after the Egyptian President accused Israel of delaying aid to Gaza.”
The newspaper explained, “Al-Sisi refused to answer a phone call initiated by the Israeli Prime Minister.”via phone last Wednesday“, noting that “they did not talk the entire time about the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.”
She added, “The Israeli National Security Council tried to start talking with Sisi, but the Egyptians did not respond to the request.”
“The last conversation between Netanyahu and Sisi took place on June 6 of last year, after the attack in which an Egyptian army soldier named Mohamed Salah Masri penetrated the Egyptian-Israeli border and killed three Israeli soldiers.”
Yedioth said, “The failed attempt to make the phone call comes against the backdrop of growing tensions with Egypt in the wake of the war in Gaza – when in recent weeks anger was expressed in Cairo over Israeli statements, led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, regarding the need to control Gaza and the Philadelphia axis – and also because of the accusations leveled against Egypt by the Israeli prosecution team in The Hague of being responsible for the difficulty of bringing humanitarian aid into the Strip.”
President Sisi accused Israel of delaying aid shipments to the Gaza Strip, saying: “Egypt is not the reason why aid does not enter Gaza. The Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – but Israeli measures allowing aid to enter are delaying the process.”
The Egyptian Foreign Minister stresses to his Iranian counterpart the need to prevent escalation
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati made a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, “to find out the latest developments in the Israeli aggression against Iran.”
According to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Abdel Aty renewed “Egypt’s condemnation of all unilateral and provocative measures and policies that threaten the security and stability of the region, and lead to inflaming the situation there.”
Abdel Ati stressed “the necessity of preventing escalation, taking steps that contribute to achieving calm, and not luring the region into a regional war that would lead to dire repercussions for the peoples of the region.”
During the call, “the efforts made by Egypt in coordination with Qatar and the United States were discussed to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, the full and unconditional entry of humanitarian and medical aid into the Gaza Strip, and the release of hostages and prisoners.”
The two ministers also discussed “the efforts made to stop the Israeli aggression against Lebanon, and the Egyptian minister affirmed Egypt’s principled positions on the necessity of empowering Lebanese state institutions and electing a consensual president for the country without any dictates and within the framework of Lebanese ownership.”
Last updated: October 27, 2024 – 15:17
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