Israel is pushing for more control of the disputed passage near the Egypt-Gaza border, testing Egypt's security stance and threatening the peace treaty between the two nations.
As Israeli forces began making limited ground incursions into northern Gaza over the weekend, reports proliferated that Israel was readying plans to expel - Jonathan Cook for Antiwar.com Original
DOHA/CAIRO Qatar has mediated an agreement between Egypt, Israel and Hamas, in coordination with the US, which will allow limited evacuations from besieged Gaza, a source briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday (Nov 1). The agreement would allow foreign passport holders and some critically injured people to leave through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza,.