Israel says ‘we didn't ask Palestinians to move to Sinai’

CAIRO – 10 October 2023: Israeli ambassador to Egypt Amira Oron said that “Israel has no intentions regarding Sinai, and has not asked the Palestinians to move there.”

“Israel is committed to the peace treaty with Egypt, in which the borders between the two countries were clearly defined. Sinai is Egyptian territory where the Egyptian army has fought terrorism during the past ten years.” Oron quoted on the Embassy’s X account [formally known as twitter].

سفيرة إسرائيل في مصر اميرة اورون:"ليس لدى إسرائيل أي نوايا فيما يتعلق بسيناء، ولم تطلب من الفلسطينيين الانتقال إلى هناك.
إسرائيل ملتزمة بمعاهدة السلام مع مصر والتي فيها حُددت،جليا، الحدود بين البلدين.سيناء هي أرض مصرية حارب فيها الجيش المصري الإرهاب خلال السنوات العشر الماضية pic.twitter.com/GSgSbwBuBL

— اسرائيل في مصر (@IsraelinEgypt) October 10, 2023

As the fourth day of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontations continue; sources within the Gaza Strip have told Youm7 newspaper that Israel used prohibited white phosphorus against Palestinians in Al Karama area, north of Gaza.

This usage of prohibited weapons comes in conjunction with intensified and violent raids against the strip as a response for Hamas operation ‘Toofan Al-Aqsa’ carried out since Saturday against Israel.  

The Israeli warplanes have intensified their violent raids on Tuesday, demolishing entire neighborhoods inside the Strip, along with targeting the Palestinian civilians’ houses, killing 830 people of women, children and elderly along with wounding up to 4,250 others, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Israeli and Palestinian government officials have confirmed that they up to 15 massacres have been committed by the Israeli forces so far. They also explained that the health sector in Gaza suffers from a lack of electricity supplies that do not exceed 4 hours maximum.

Early on Saturday, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israeli cities, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Israelis and the capture of dozens of hostages.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by declaring a "state of war," and Israeli jets continued to carry out relentless airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

Since then, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received phone calls from world leaders, who have expressed concerns over the ongoing escalation.

Egypt has called for tackling the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by backing the path of calm and advancing efforts of settling the Palestinian cause.