Egypt is still in full control of its borders, an Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said late on Saturday, following remarks made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israel's need to have security control of the Gaza border with Egypt.
The border crossing between Gaza and Egypt © Mena Today
Egypt is still in full control of its borders, an Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said late on Saturday, following remarks made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israel's need to have security control of the Gaza border with Egypt to prevent smuggling of weapons into the Strip by Hamas.
"These are matters of agreements between the states involved," the spokesperson said, "so any statement would be reviewed and responded to accordingly."
Israeli security forces took up positions inside the West Bank city of Tubas on Wednesday and ordered some Palestinian residents from their homes, the latest assault in a months-long campaign across cities of the northern West Bank.
Egypt has intensified its diplomatic engagement in Lebanon as Foreign Minister Badr Abdellaty arrived Tuesday night at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport for a series of high-level meetings, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
A new United Nations report has laid bare the scale of the economic devastation unfolding in the Palestinian territories after two years of war in Gaza and unprecedented restrictions across the West Bank.
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