The head of the Shin Bet Ronen Bar visited Egypt today (Sunday) and met with the head of Egyptian intelligence Abbas Kamal – this is what senior Israeli officials said. The visit comes amid tensions with Egypt since the end of the last operation in Gaza. Sources privy to the details told the Al Arabiya network that Cairo is looking for an agreement that will guarantee the continuation of the ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip.
According to the sources, the head of Egyptian intelligence canceled his visit to Israel. As a reminder, according to reports in the Arab media, a high-level Egyptian security delegation is expected to visit Israel and Gaza in order to discuss the stabilization of the ceasefire after the “Dawn” operation and the case of the prisoners Khalil Aweda and the head of the Islamic Jihad in Samaria, Bassam al-Saadi.
“The Egyptians are very interested in acting on the matter of Aweda and al-Saadi and ending the saga so that fighting does not resume again, in light of the continued threats of the Islamic Jihad and its desire to uphold the agreements reached in the cease-fire talks,” Palestinian sources told the newspaper “Al-Arabi al-G “Did”. Daoud Shahab, a member of the leadership of the Islamic Jihad organization, confirmed to al-Arabi al-Jadid that his movement is in “continuous communication with the Egyptians” regarding Awadah’s situation.
Also, Bar’s visit to Egypt was aimed at easing the tension between the countries. The Egyptians were angry that immediately after the cease-fire reached in Gaza, Israel carried out an arrest operation in Judea and Samaria, during which several terrorists were killed in Nablus.
A senior Egyptian official told the newspaper “Al-Arabi Al-Jadid” that “there is an attempt to ease the tense atmosphere between the two sides, following the embarrassment that Jerusalem caused to Cairo, after it rejected the commitments of the cease-fire agreement with the Islamic Jihad. At the same time, they hoped that Israel would release the The two prisoners.” Also, according to him, Bar is expected to “also brief the head of Egyptian intelligence on the latest findings regarding the search efforts for the mass grave where about 20 Egyptian soldiers, who were killed in 1967 near Jerusalem, were buried.”
Two days after the cease-fire in Gaza, IDF and IDF forces killed the wanted Islamic Jihad terrorist, 18-year-old Ibrahim Al Nabulsi, in Nablus. The security forces tried to arrest the terrorist, whose squad was eliminated last February, but there was an exchange of fire with Palestinians. Besides Navolsi, two other terrorists were killed by IDF fire. The Red Crescent reported about 70 wounded.
The security forces tried to arrest the operative of the terrorist organization in the past, but he escaped, and since then a manhunt has been going on for him. The fighters surrounded his house, used the “pressure cooker” method, to get him out of the building. In the method, the fighters begin by announcing to the wanted to turn themselves in, then deteriorate the means they use to get the wanted out of the building. In response, the terrorist opened fire on the security forces, and other armed men came to help him. The forces returned fire, and also used shoulder-fired missiles.