Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Israel used the focus on the Iran crisis to expand the yellow line in Gaza, and called for an immediate halt to the practice, according to his statement.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi accused Israel of expanding what he termed the 'yellow line' within Gaza during the period the international community was focused on the Iran crisis, in a statement published Tuesday evening. Sisi called for the practice to end immediately. The accusation follows a similar claim by Hamas earlier this month, as The Zioneer reported on June 12 — the Hamas spokesman then alleged that Israel had moved the yellow line westward in Gaza City. Sisi's statement, however, is a rare direct intervention by Cairo on this specific issue, reflecting Egypt's diplomatic role as a key interlocutor with both Israel and Hamas. The exact location and extent of the alleged expansion were not detailed in the president's remarks.
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