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Why Israel’s impending Rafah offensive is testing ties with Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, right, met then-Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on September 13, 2021 [File: Egyptian Presidency Media office via AP]

Egypt was the first Arab country to establish diplomatic ties with Israel back in 1979 following the Camp David Accords. But Israel’s war on Gaza has strained ties between the two countries.

Now, Israel’s planned ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is heightening those tensions, at a time when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing months-long Israeli bombardment have sought refuge in Rafah.

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