Egypt’s el-Sisi rejects displacement of Palestinians from Gaza

What the report says

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has publicly rejected any plan to force Palestinians out of Gaza, responding to remarks from Israel’s defence minister that suggested the Israeli military would “finish the job” in the territory. According to Al Jazeera’s report, el-Sisi made the comments on Wednesday during a meeting in Cairo with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

The Egyptian president said Egypt opposed displacement of the Palestinian people and any effort to erase the Palestinian cause, while Abbas thanked Egypt for backing Palestinian rights and repeated that Gaza is part of a future Palestinian state. The exchange came shortly after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army would proceed in Gaza in a way tied to a “migration plan.”

Al Jazeera noted that Katz had earlier said Israel was prepared to move Palestinians out of Gaza by sea and land, while awaiting discussion with the United States about possible destinations. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee has denied that there is any plan to expel people from Gaza against their will.

The article places the dispute in the wider context of the war in Gaza, where most residents have already been displaced and large parts of the enclave have been destroyed. It also follows continued Israeli debate over Gaza’s future and broader tensions around settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.