Egyptian president calls Israel an "enemy" at Arab-Islamic summit

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi called Israel an "enemy" for the first time at the Arab-Islamic summit in Doha. This was reported on September 17 by the Chinese Sohu news agency.

Against the backdrop of the tense political situation in the region, the Egyptian president, speaking at the Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, said that "the situation must change so that the enemy [Israel] understands that any Arab state stretches from the ocean to the Persian Gulf." This statement was historic, as El-Sisi became the first Egyptian president in 46 years to use the term "enemy" to describe Israel. Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty back in 1979, after which Egypt became the first Arab state to officially recognize Israel.

The Egyptian President stressed the need to strengthen the positions of Arab and Islamic countries, expressing dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs, including in the context of increasing pressure on the Palestinians. In an interview with the Egyptian television channel Extra News, the Head of the Egyptian state information service, Dia Rashwan, said that "friends do not threaten the security of the country."

In addition, the summit condemned the Israeli attack on Qatar, which killed six people, including a Qatari security officer. This incident attracted the attention of the international community, and was condemned by most countries of the Arab world.

Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza amid accusations of genocide. What the media is writing

On September 16, Israel launched a ground operation to occupy Gaza City. It is accompanied by massive strikes throughout the enclave. Later, the country's defense ministry noted that the IDF would strike Gaza until it defeated Hamas and freed the hostages. At the same time, the UN Commission of Inquiry into the events in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel recognized Tel Aviv's actions in the Gaza Strip as genocide.

Later, on September 17, The Times of Israel newspaper reported that about 400,000 Palestinians had managed to leave the territory of Gaza City before Israel launched an expanded ground offensive on the capital of the Middle Eastern enclave. It was clarified that by the time Israel announced preparations for the assault, about 1 million people lived in the capital of the Gaza Strip.

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