Armoured personnel carriers have been spotted travelling to Egypt's border with Gaza, as President Sisi implies Israel is 'delusional'.
Egypt deployed additional armoured personnel carriers and soldiers to its border with Gaza in northeastern Sinai this week as an Israeli ground operation in neighbouring Rafah appears imminent, a rights group said. Fifteen armoured personnel carriers mounted with combat gear were spotted by Sinai residents of Sheikh Zuweid travelling toward Egypt’s border with Gaza on Wednesday evening, the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights said on Thursday.
Separately, another convoy of armoured vehicles arrived in the village of Al-Joura, south of Sheikh Zuweid, the foundation said. The deployment comes amid a deepening rift between Egypt and Israel over the latter's offensive on Rafah, the southern Gaza border city. Last week, Israel seized the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and launched military operations in the city where around 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering. The attack riled Egypt, which has a 45-year peace treaty with Israel and cooperates closely on security matters. An Egyptian military source told Middle East Eye last week that there had been "no operation coordination" between Egypt and Israel before the crossing was attacked. (Ed note: Bill Salus and Hal Lindsey have well said, "the treaties with Egypt and Jordan are as thin as the paper they are printed upon.") (Read More)