What was the outcome: Israel and Egypt agreed to a three-month ceasefire, and negotiations under a United Nations mediator ... On September 11, 2005, the Israeli flag was lowered over Gaza ...

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The next day, Israeli forces seized and closed the second crossing, in Rafah, on the Egyptian border, and raised the Israeli flag there ... that Egypt is trying to pressure Israel to pull back ...

As the Israeli military’s invasion of Rafah looms, Egypt, the Arab state next door, is building walls against refugees and threatens to pull out of a 45-year-old treaty that cemented Israel’s ...

In that event, the former diplomat added, Egypt would likely seek assurances from the United States and Israel that any displacement of Palestinians would be temporary. In the meantime ...

signaling military action against Israel may be in the works. Newly appointed Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter indicated that Egypt has constructed military bases in Sinai ...

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Egypt this week. His trip follows recent accusations between Egypt and Israel over the subterranean tunnel network inside the Gaza Strip.

Egypt’s rapid military expansion has heightened concerns within Israel. The Egyptian army now possesses modern Abrams M1A2 tanks, French Rafale twin-engine fighter jets, F-16s from the United ...