CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's president said Wednesday he would not allow any mass influx of refugees from Gaza, saying it would set a precedent for 'the displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank into Jordan.'
CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's president said Wednesday he would not allow any mass influx of refugees from Gaza, saying it would set a precedent for"the displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank into Jordan."
This handout satellite picture courtesy of Maxar Technologies taken on October 15, 2023 shows an overview of Rafah border crossing to Egypt and South Gaza Strip . Sisi said Egypt"did not close" the crossing, but that"developments on the ground and the repeated bombings by Israel of the Palestinian side of the crossing have prevented its operation".
Scholz reiterated that Germany sought to avoid a"conflagration in the Middle East" and warned Hezbollah and Iran"once again not to intervene in this conflict".Sisi said he could"call on the Egyptian people to come out and express their rejection" of the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza,"and you would see millions of Egyptians" in the street -- where protests have been banned for nearly a decade.
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