The Qatari newspaper Al-Arabi Al-Jadid reported, citing Egyptian sources, that an Israeli security delegation arrived in Cairo on Saturday on a special flight to discuss the war against Hamas and Egypt's concern over calls for the population of the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate.
An Egyptian source was quoted in the report as saying that "the Israeli delegation apparently came to update senior Egyptian officials on the steps to be taken in the coming days and to discuss coordination on the issue of evacuating foreign nationals in the Gaza Strip."
Rafah crossing, photo: Yehuda Peretz
IDF strikes in Gaza, photo: AP
According to the source, Israel presented a vision of observers in a joint committee to ensure that senior Hamas and other terrorist organizations would not take advantage of the crossing to leave Gaza.
According to the report, a joint intelligence committee of Egyptian, Jordanian, and Palestinian Authority security officials has already been established in Cairo to coordinate positions on the situation in Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank. According to the source, coordination has also been conducted between Cairo and Amman.
Demolitions in Gaza after IDF bombings, photo: AP
Meanwhile, an Egyptian source confirmed that concrete checkpoints had been set up at Rafah's crossing gates to secure workers and passersby, following Israeli strikes in the area. According to the Egyptian source, there was no decision to close the crossing, contrary to previous Arab reports.
Sources told the Saudi Al-Hadath network that Cairo had informed Washington that the issue of evacuating the Americans from Gaza was related to the arrival of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
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