• Hamas says it accepts Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal

    Hamas says it accepts Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal

    May 06, 2024 04:53 PM EST

    UPDATE: Israel examining Gaza cease-fire proposal, but framework differs from its offer CAIRO (AP) — The Hamas militant group says it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal to halt seven-month war with Israel. It issued a statement Monday saying its supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, had delivered the ...

  • Hamas sending delegation to Egypt for more cease-fire talks, latest sign of progress

    Hamas sending delegation to Egypt for more cease-fire talks, latest sign of progress

    May 02, 2024 04:55 PM EST

    ... it is feared would be a devastating assault on Rafah. WATCH: Israeli and Palestinian singers bring their hope for peace and justice to U.S. Egypt has been privately assuring Hamas that the deal will mean a total end to the war. But the Egyptian official said Hamas says the ...

  • Egypt delegation in Israel attempts to broker cease-fire agreement in Gaza

    Egypt delegation in Israel attempts to broker cease-fire agreement in Gaza

    Apr 26, 2024 04:07 PM EST

    ... well as the regional peace and security.” El-Sissi’s comments came in a phone call with Prime Minister Mark Rutte of The Netherlands, the Egyptian leader’s office said. Egypt has also said an attack on Rafah would violate the decades-old peace deal between Egypt and Israel. Illustrating ...

  • AP report: Biden asks Egypt and Qatar to urge Hamas on hostage deal

    AP report: Biden asks Egypt and Qatar to urge Hamas on hostage deal

    Apr 05, 2024 08:24 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday wrote to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, calling on them to press Hamas for a hostage deal with Israel, according to a senior administration official, one day after Biden called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to redouble efforts to reach a ...

  • The EU plans to fast-track some financial aid to Egypt amid influx of migrants

    The EU plans to fast-track some financial aid to Egypt amid influx of migrants

    Mar 29, 2024 08:59 PM EST

    ... Egypt — and the commission concedes that “human rights challenges in Egypt remain significant." Still, the EU's executive branch maintains that “the political leadership in Egypt has taken several steps putting greater emphasis on the importance of the respect for human rights” in recent years.Earlier this month, Egypt floated ...

  • WATCH: Blinken and Egyptian foreign minister hold briefing after talks about Gaza's future

    WATCH: Blinken and Egyptian foreign minister hold briefing after talks about Gaza's future

    Mar 21, 2024 06:59 PM EST

    In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the first stop on his sixth urgent Mideast mission since the war began, Blinken said Wednesday that the “gaps are narrowing” in indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas over another cease-fire and hostage release that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent weeks trying ...

  • EU announces $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns over migration mount

    EU announces $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns over migration mount

    Mar 17, 2024 06:39 PM EST

    ... international rights groups over Egypt’s human rights record. Amnesty International urged European leaders not to be complicit with human rights violations taking place in Egypt. “EU leaders must ensure that the Egyptian authorities adopt clear benchmarks for human rights," said Eve Geddie, Amnesty International's head of the European ...

  • Israeli attack on Rafah would have ‘severe repercussions,’ Egypt’s foreign minister says

    Israeli attack on Rafah would have ‘severe repercussions,’ Egypt’s foreign minister says

    Feb 17, 2024 10:40 PM EST

    Sameh Shoukry: Well, let me not try to speculate on a hypothetical, but it would certainly be a very dramatic turn of events that will have severe repercussions on the crisis, on the Palestinian cause on Egypt's security, and we will deal with it. Nick Schifrin: What do you ...

  • Egypt builds wall near Gaza ahead of expected Israeli offensive on Rafah

    Egypt builds wall near Gaza ahead of expected Israeli offensive on Rafah

    Feb 16, 2024 04:21 PM EST

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egypt is building a wall and is leveling land near its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of a planned Israeli offensive targeting the border city of Rafah, satellite images analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show. Egypt, which has not publicly acknowledged the construction ...

  • Egypt is threatening to void its decades-old peace treaty with Israel. What does that mean?

    Egypt is threatening to void its decades-old peace treaty with Israel. What does that mean?

    Feb 12, 2024 11:17 PM EST

    ... same kind of leadership today, and it is currently lacking in the Israeli government,” said Paige Alexander, chief executive of the Carter Center. What is Egypt's current position? Two Egyptian officials and a Western diplomat told The Associated Press on Sunday that Egypt may suspend the peace treaty if ...