The Egyptian Foreign Minister said that any mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza was a "red line" in a Monday interview with CNN. “We will not accept it, we will not participate in it, and we will not allow it to happen,” Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told CNN, adding that displacement was a "one-way ticket” for Palestinians to leave Gaza.
He also added that Cairo was working with “different channels, with one objective, to alleviate the burden and suffering of Palestinians." This comes as some Palestinian families began leaving eastern areas of Gaza City for points to the west, and some explored evacuating further south.
Israel's plan to seize control of Gaza City has stirred alarm abroad and at home, where tens of thousands of Israelis held some of the largest protests seen since the war began, urging a deal to end the fighting and free the remaining 50 hostages held by Palestinian militants in Gaza. The planned offensive has spurred Egyptian and Qatari ceasefire mediators to step up efforts in what a source familiar with the talks with Hamas militants in Cairo said could be "the last-ditch attempt." (Read More)