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Israeli Source Says Egypt Is ‘Stabbing Us in the Back’ at ICJ After Sinai Assistance
The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
i24 News – In a move that has ignited diplomatic tensions between Egypt and Israel, Cairo announced its support for South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Egypt’s decision to back South Africa’s claim has raised eyebrows in Israel, with one Israeli diplomatic source describing it to i24NEWS as a betrayal.
“After everything we did for them in Sinai, Netanyahu completely breached the annex in the peace agreement and in return they stab us in the back,” the source told i24NEWS.
The rift stems from Israel’s military operations along the Egypt-Gaza border, with Cairo expressing concern that these actions could endanger the peace treaty between the two countries. Egypt has repeatedly warned Israel about the implications of its military presence in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry defended its decision, citing Israel’s alleged aggression against Palestinian civilians in Gaza as justification for its support of South Africa’s lawsuit.
The ministry’s statement highlighted Israel’s “systematic practices” against the Palestinian people, including the targeting of civilians and the destruction of infrastructure in the Strip.
Furthermore, Egypt has taken symbolic actions in protest of Israel’s operations in Rafah, such as closing the Rafah Crossing to humanitarian aid.
The escalation in tensions comes against the backdrop of longstanding cooperation between Egypt and Israel, particularly in combating common security threats, such as terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula.
Since 2011, Egypt has requested Israeli assistance in addressing the ISIS threat in Sinai, a move that Israel has reportedly accommodated multiple times.
However, Egypt’s alignment with South Africa’s legal challenge underscores a shift in diplomatic dynamics, with Cairo now siding against Israel on the international stage.
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250 Hezbollah Terrorists Including 21 Commanders Eliminated in Ground Op
DF operating in southern Lebanon. Photo: IDF Spokesperson
i24 News – The Israeli military eliminated 250 Hezbollah terrorists including 21 commanders in four days of ground combat, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Friday.
IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon have uncovered vast caches of weapons and munitions in civilian residences, showing how central embedding within civilian population is to Hezbollah’s mode of warfare.
Meanwhile, heavy strikes targeting the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh in southern Beirut were ongoing, Lebanese media reported.
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Airstrikes Launched on Several Parts of Yemen, Houthi Al Masirah TV says
Illustrative. Hodeidah, Yemen, July 20, 2024. Houthi Military Media/Handout via REUTERS
Airstrikes were launched on Friday at several parts of Yemen including its capital Sanaa and Hodeidah airport, Al Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by the Houthi movement controlling much of Yemen, and residents said.
Strikes also targeted the south of Dhamar city and the southeast of al-Bayda province, the channel added.
Residents said that the attack on al-Bayda province targeted several Houthi military outposts.
Al Masirah TV reported that the strikes had been carried out by the United States and British forces, but a British government source said Britain was not involved.
Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched attacks on international shipping near Yemen since last November in solidarity with Palestinians in Israel‘s war with Hamas.
The attacks have drawn US and British retaliatory strikes and disrupted global trade as ship owners reroute vessels away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal to sail the longer route around the southern tip of Africa.
Following the airstrikes, a Houthi spokesman called the attack “a desperate attempt,” adding that “Yemen will not be deterred by these attacks and will continue its steadfastness in confronting the enemies.”
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IDF Kills Hamas Commander in Tulkarem
Illustrative. Israeli troops during counterterrorism activity in Tulkarem, northwestern Samaria, September 2024. Photo: IDF.
JNS.org – An Israeli Air Force fighter jet conducted a rare strike in Tulkarem in the West Bank on Thursday night, targeting top Hamas terrorist Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi.
The Palestinian Authority reported at least 18 fatalities in the strike, with a local security source telling Agence France-Presse it was the deadliest in Judea and Samaria since the Second Intifada.
Ayyth Radwan, the head of Islamic Jihad’s Tulkarem branch, was also reportedly killed.
Oufi was planning a terrorist attack “in the immediate time frame,” according to the Israel Defense Forces, and directed the thwarted car bombing last month near Ateret in the Binyamin region of Samaria.
There were no casualties in the incident, which Israel Ganz, the head of the Binyamin Regional Council, called a “great miracle.”
The IDF said Oufi was involved in smuggling weapons to terrorists who perpetrated several recent attacks against Israelis, including some that resulted in injuries to civilians.
He also “worked to establish terrorist networks on behalf of Hamas and assisted terror operatives in the area to carry out significant shooting and explosive attacks,” added the military.
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