According to a major Egyptian source, the Egypt’s administration has rejected any plan to provide escape routes from Gaza for Palestinians escaping Israel’s retaliatory bombing of the territory.
The source, who spoke on the basis of confidentiality as he was not authorized to brief the media, was replying to John Kirby, the spokesperson for national security at the White House, who claimed that the administration of Vice President Biden is actively pursuing a safe exit for civilians from Gaza.
Egypt has had lengthy negotiations with Israel and the US to permit the shipment of gasoline and humanitarian goods via its Rafah border point.
Egypt rejects the idea of corridor
Egypt has talked about emergency assistance plans with the US and other countries, but it resists any effort to provide safe passageways for people leaving the region.
Around 2.3 million people live in Gaza, a small seaside area of territory surrounded by Egypt to the southwest and Israel to the north and east, under a blockade that has been in place since 2007 when the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas seized power there.
Cairo, a regular intermediary among Israel and the Palestinians, consistently demands that the two parties settle disputes within their own boundaries, claiming that this is the only way for the Palestinians to be granted the right to establish a state.
Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the UN, stated on Wednesday that Gaza needs to be given access to vital life-saving resources including gasoline, food, and water. Even in the midst of the worst battles, Egypt has always prevented Gazans from crossing across to its nation’s borders.
US and other Arab States Involvement
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser for the US, said later on Tuesday night the US had been in discussions with Israel and Egypt regarding the possibility of a safe exit for civilians from Gaza, which had been subjected to a severe Israeli bombardment after a fatal Hamas invasion into Israel.
Unnamed security source claimed that Egypt opposed the notion of creating safe passageways for civilians to safeguard.
The descendants of individuals who fled their houses when Israel was founded in 1948 are currently housed in camps in several Arab nations. Israel has always opposed calls by the Palestinians and other Arab governments for the freedom for these refugees to come back to be a part of a final peace agreement.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at an event in Egypt that Egyptians have been ramping up its attempts to manage the crisis in Gaza, based on a statement from Sisi’s staff.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at an event in Egypt that Egyptians have been ramping up its attempts to manage the crisis in Gaza, based on a statement from Sisi’s staff.
Egypt’s Statements
According to authorities in Gaza and Egyptian reports, the crossing, that is the major departure point from Gaza that is not under Israeli supervision, has been blocked since Tuesday when Israeli attacks struck on the Palestinian side.
Egypt has issued many warnings this week about the prospect that Israel’s attack on Gaza would force Palestinians to flee the enclave and into Egyptian territory.
Amira Oron, Israel’s ambassador to Egypt, said on the internet that Israel has “no plans towards Sinai and has not requested that Palestinians settle there… Sinai is a part of Egypt.
The delivery of emergency supplies over the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula under a geopolitically constrained truce was a topic of discussion among the United States, Qatar, and Turkey.
