Local sources and eyewitnesses have revealed that new Egyptian security forces have arrived at the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip to further protect the border, where, just a couple of kilometers away, almost two million Palestinians are crowded together, pushed south by Israeli bombings, which have now reached just across the border.
The sources added that around 40 police and security vehicles moved from Al-Arish to Rafah to secure the border, raise the fence separating it from Gaza and reinforce it with barbed wire to prevent any trespassing attempts.
An official source in the North Sinai governorate, however, pointed out that the strengthening of security at the border has been continuous since October 7, with Egypt always saying that it intends to reject any attempt to displace Palestinians across the border towards Egyptian territory, an initiative which, according to The Cairo, would only serve to set aside the Palestinian question and the two-state solution.
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