Israel PM in first official trip to Egypt in over a decade
The Hindu
The leaders discussed maintaining the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, in addition to Ethiopia's dam on one of the Nile river's tributaries
The leaders of Egypt and Israel met on September 13 as part of the first official trip to Egypt by an Israeli Prime Minister in over a decade, and rising tensions in the Gaza Strip at the top of their agenda. Gaza is sandwiched between Israel and Egypt, and both countries have enforced a border blockade of the territory to varying degrees since 2007 when the Islamic militant group Hamas took control there. The meeting between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett signaled a warming in a relationship that had security-focused but somewhat cool under Mr. Bennett’s predecessor, Israeli hard-liner Benjamin Netanyahu.More Related News