Injured Palestinians and foreign nationals from Gaza have started crossing the border into Egypt, officials and Egyptian media said, in the first sanctioned exodus from the besieged enclave in weeks.
The October 7, 2023 Hamas invasion of southern Israel – in which 1300 civilians were murdered, over 100 were kidnapped, and nearly 3,000 were injured – sparked many reactions in Egypt, mostly of blaming Israel for the situation and even supporting the Hamas attack. One notable example was the Egyptian Foreign Ministry statement, published on the morning of the attack, that
States of Journalism: Since Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi seized power in a 2013 military coup there has been a ruthless crackdown on press freedoms, with only a few voices left attempting to survive the hostile environment.