As the Israel-Hamas cease-fire arrives at its pivotal second phase, Egypt has emerged as the unlikely focal point for the next stage of the multifront war that has consumed the Middle East since ...

Egypt's own economy has been hard-hit by the Gaza war; it says it has lost $8bn in Suez Canal revenues due to attacks by Yemen's Houthis on ships in the Red Sea which began in response to Israel's ...

Egypt is boosting its security presence at its border with the Gaza Strip, wary of a spillover of Israel’s war on Hamas onto its territory should the Israeli military begin its ground assault on ...

Egypt is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into ... The Gaza war has piled pressure on relations between Egypt and Israel, ...

Gaza is a densely packed strip of land about 140 square miles. The Palestinians who live in the coastal enclave have endured a 16-year blockade enforced by Egypt and Israel.. Nearly 340,000 people ...

The Israel-Gaza war: On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas militants launched an unprecedented cross-border attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking civilian hostages.

Egypt has maintained close intelligence ties with Israel ever since Hamas seized Gaza in a 2007 coup. “Israel may not have fully coordinated with the Egyptians this time, since the IDF’s Rafah ...

After fighting wars with Israel in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973, Egypt became the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty and establish relations with Israel in 1979.

The Israeli military’s push into southern Gaza and the city of Rafah in recent weeks has seriously strained ties with Egypt, raising questions about how far Israel will go in insisting on ...

If Israeli troops assault Rafah, they have nowhere to flee. Palestinians have broken through before: In 2008, early in the blockade imposed on Gaza by Israel and Egypt after the Hamas takeover ...

Gaza War Forces a Reckoning for Delicate Egypt-Israel Relations Egypt was the first Arab country to recognize Israel, but now disputes are multiplying, as a slump in Suez Canal revenue puts Cairo ...

In Egypt, people who might look to the West for support or back the idea of peace in the region are in a tough position as death tolls in Gaza rise and the U.S. supports Israel.