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Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, the head of Egypt's General Intelligence Service, arrived in Israel on Tuesday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the military to take “strong action” against any ceasefire violations but didn’t threaten to return to war.
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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.
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.
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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.
Arab countries will sign peace agreements with Israel “if the war in Gaza comes to an end,” Egypt’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Twenty hostages are released by Hamas and more than 1,900 Palestinian detainees and prisoners are released by Israel as President Trump visits Israel and Egypt to mark an end to the Gaza war.
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Trump heads to Egypt after urging Israel to seize chance for peace and pressing for Netanyahu pardon
President Donald Trump is heading to Egypt for a summit with more than two dozen other nations after addressing Israel's Knesset