Monday, November 8, 2021

Israeli And Egyptian Generals Meet In The Sinai

Israeli and Egyptian officials meet in Sinai to discuss Egyptian troop deployments on the peninsula on November 7, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)  

Times of Israel: IDF generals travel to Sinai for rare public meeting with Egyptian army 

Israel signs off on larger deployment of Egyptian troops near Rafah; move comes as Cairo becomes increasingly open about ties with Jerusalem 

Top Israeli military officers spoke with their Egyptian counterparts in a rare public meeting in the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces said. 

The meeting was held under the auspices of the so-called Agreed Activities Mechanism, a provision of the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty, which required Jerusalem to sign off on any reinforcements that Cairo wanted to deploy to the Sinai through a joint committee made up of senior IDF and Egyptian officers.  

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WNU Editor: It also looks like a deal is about to be reached between Israel and Hamas .... Israel, Hamas said nearing prisoner swap deal, may include proof-of-life tape (Times of Israel).

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