Qatar, Egypt Present U.S.-Backed Gaza Ceasefire Plan to Hamas DOHA/WASHINGTON/GAZA CITY – Mediators from Qatar and Egypt have delivered a 20-point ceasefire proposal to Hamas, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood alongside U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington to endorse the plan. The proposal, which Hamas was not directly involved in drafting, demands […]
Egypt Scraps Decades-Old Rent Caps, Tenants Fear Displacement Cairo – For 84-year-old Ali, home has been the same eighth-floor apartment in Azbakeya for nearly half a century. Thanks to a decades-old rent cap, she pays less than 11 Egyptian pounds ($0.23) a month. But now, even that security is under threat. In July, Egypt’s parliament […]
Israel, Egypt Sign Long-Term Gas Deal to Ease Cairo’s Energy Crunch CAIRO — Egypt has struck a major deal with Israel’s Leviathan gas field that could help ease the country’s deepening energy crisis, officials said Thursday. Under the agreement, Leviathan — located off Israel’s Mediterranean coast and holding an estimated 600 billion cubic meters (bcm) […]
Egypt’s interior and foreign ministries did not immediately respond to the allegations. Reuters could not independently verify the reported detentions or conditions. The Global March to Gaza, launched this month, brought over 4,000 activists from more than 80 countries to Egypt in an attempt to peacefully approach the Rafah border crossing and draw attention to […]
In an official statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo underscored the importance of pursuing all possible efforts to de-escalate the situation and avert further deterioration that could destabilize the South Asian region. “Egypt is following with great concern the recent developments between India and Pakistan, which witnessed an exchange of fire resulting […]
The unexpected assault sparked widespread discussion and amusement on social media, with many users jokingly labeling the animal “antisemitic” and saying the soldiers got what they deserved. According to reports, several complaints were filed about bites from a wild predator targeting Israeli soldiers at the Egypt-Israeli border. Israeli authorities eventually captured the lynx and transported […]
Israel and Hamas have traded accusations of violating the January 19 ceasefire, with the Palestinian group saying it would pause releases and Israel threatening the resumption of war in the Gaza Strip. But on Friday both sides signaled that the hostage release scheduled for Saturday would go ahead. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
“I’d like Egypt to take people. And I’d like Jordan to take people,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding that he expected to talk to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday. Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, in his reaction, said Palestinians would “foil such projects” as they have done […]
The proposal includes exchanging four Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and would be followed by more negotiations within 10 days, Sisi said at a news conference in Cairo. He did not say whether the plan had been formally presented to either Israel or Hamas. Sisi’s intervention came with Israel […]
Most elements of the deal have already been agreed upon, according to a senior official in the Biden administration, but two main sticking points remain. These include Israel’s demand to maintain a military presence in the Philadelphi corridor, a buffer zone on the Gaza-Egypt border, and the specific individuals who will be included in a […]
