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Egypt Independent
07-04-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
Why does Egypt's military presence in Sinai worry Israel?
Israeli media outlets have continued to broadcast reports warning about the Egyptian military presence in the Sinai Peninsula despite repeated denial from Egypt, RT reported. Hebrew reports indicated that Egypt's military presence in Sinai is sparking widespread controversy in Israel, which is demanding the withdrawal of military infrastructure there and view its presence as a violation of the peace agreement between them. Israeli military sources confirmed that the Israeli government is pressuring through diplomatic and security channels, including Washington, to reach an official agreement on this issue. According to official sources and military experts, as reported by the Israeli news website nziv, the Egyptian military deployment in Sinai includes 88 battalions with 42,000 troops. This is in addition to three full military divisions, 1,500 tanks and armored vehicles, and projects to develop and expand the runways of a military airport, and to strengthen air defense networks and seaports. In contrast, the peace agreement signed in 1978 allowed for only 50 battalions, with 22,000 troops. Egypt's response In statements to Egyptian media outlets, the former director of Egyptian intelligence, Nasser Salem, responded to the allegations by saying that Israeli concerns are unjustified. He added that Israel is seeking to divert attention from the situation in Gaza and its own internal crises. A professor of Hebrew studies at Alexandria University, Ahmed Fouad Anwar, said that Tel Aviv is seeking to pressure Egypt to absorb Palestinian refugees in Sinai. The former Egyptian Ambassador to Tel Aviv, Hazem Khairat believes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is exploiting this issue to divert attention from his political failure in dealing with domestic and foreign crises. An expert on Israeli affairs at the Al-Ahram Center for Research and Policy Studies, Saeed Okasha, notes that Israel fears that Egypt will regain its deterrent military capabilities. Cairo asserts that its military presence in Sinai is legal and is carried out in accordance with the amendments agreed upon in the security annex to the peace treaty. Regarding the peace treaty, Ambassador Khairat emphasized that any talk of threatening the treaty is illogical, as stable relations between Egypt and Israel serve the interests of both sides.
Saba Yemen
18-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Israel: Egypt military enhanced presence in Sinai violates peace deal
Occupied Quds - Saba: Strengthening the military presence in Sinai violates the peace agreement signed between Egypt and Israel after the October 1973 war, the Zionist enemy's ambassador to the United States of America said. "Egypt is committing a very serious violation of the peace agreement in Sinai," according to what was published by the Hebrew website "Israel Hayom," describing the increase in the Egyptian military presence in Sinai and near the border as "an intolerable situation ," Yehiel Leiter added in his first comment on the matter at a conversation with the heads of Jewish organizations. According to Leiter, who recently assumed his position, Egypt is working in Sinai to "build bases dedicated only to offensive operations," considering this to represent "serious violations of the agreement between the two sides." He stressed that this issue has been kept secret for a long time and that the Zionist entity "intends to raise this issue as soon as possible and with all determination." The Hebrew news website "nziv" published a report under the title "Urgent preparation is required to confront the Egyptian military threat," stressing that the usurping entity must prepare for the possibility of another war with Egypt. The report explained that the parties concerned with the security and military apparatuses in the usurping entity must reach satisfactory answers and appropriate solutions to urgent questions about: the size of the Egyptian forces currently available for war with the Zionist entity, how much time Egypt needs to reach full recruitment and what are its capabilities? And how can the Zionist occupation army prepare for effective defense in advance against the threat within a realistic time frame? Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Saba Yemen
18-02-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Zionist enemy draws scenario of Zionist aggression against Egypt
Occupied Quds - Saba: A report by the Zionist enemy media revealed that the Zionist entity must prepare for the possibility of another war with Egypt under the title "Urgent preparation is required to confront the Egyptian military threat." The Hebrew news website "nziv" stated that despite the enormous difficulty and challenge, the Zionist entity must form a diplomatic, media, financial, and of course military and development front to focus and gather all necessary resources in order to find creative and rapid solutions for the process of building an accelerated and relevant force (effective even if it is asymmetric) that would provide a traditional response to the threat emerging from Egypt. The report explained that the parties concerned with the security and military apparatuses in the Zionist entity must first be motivated to reach satisfactory answers and appropriate solutions to urgent questions about: the size of the Egyptian forces currently available for war with the usurping entity, how much time Egypt needs to reach full recruitment and what are its capabilities? And how can the Zionist enemy army prepare for effective defense in advance against the threat within a realistic time frame? How might a surprise Egyptian attack on the entity look like in light of an analysis of the new capabilities and training of the Egyptian army over the past twenty years? The report stressed that the Zionist entity must prepare a political and military plan to deter Egypt under the name "Haroun's Awakening", by launching a large-scale preemptive attack. The media of the Zionist enemy considered the request of the Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Majeed Saqr to declare the Third Field Army's combat readiness as "a collision course that Egypt is pursuing against the Zionist entity and the United States." The tasks of the Third Field Army are to secure the cities of the Suez Canal, North Sinai Governorate, and Egypt's borders adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
