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Egypt’s intelligence chief in Israel for meetings with Netanyahu, top US officials on Gaza
Egypt’s powerful intelligence chief Hassan Rashad is in Israel to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip with top Israeli and US officials, a foreign diplomatic source tells The Times of Israel.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met the head of Egyptian intelligence in Jerusalem on Tuesday, the prime minister's office said. During the meeting, it said, they discussed advancing U.
The whirlwind trip, which included a speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem earlier in the day, comes at a fragile moment of hope for ending two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the military to take “strong action” against any ceasefire violations but didn’t threaten to return to war.
President Trump said Friday he plans to visit Egypt and Israel during a one-day trip to the Middle East early next week to mark the implementation of a peace agreement that will see a pause in fighting in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages.
President Trump will address the Knesset, Israel's parliament, and visit Egypt before returning for Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.
President Donald Trump has told Israeli lawmakers their country has no more to achieve on the battlefield and must work toward peace.
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Egypt to host summit on Gaza after Israel-Hamas ceasefire takes hold
Egypt plans to host an international summit on Gaza after a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas came into force under a US peace plan. The summit, to take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh,
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Israel says preparations to open Rafah crossing underway with Egypt, date to be announced later
Israel had earlier warned it could keep Rafah shut and reduce aid into the Palestinian enclave as Hamas, it said, was returning the bodies of dead hostages too slowly.