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Egyptian TV host Ahmed Moussa issues harsh message against Israel

Moussa said Egypt would not tolerate any violation of Sinai and warned that any attack on its territory would meet a stronger response.

  • On Monday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warned during a Hashtiblach interview that Israel would destroy Sinai if Egypt attacked, triggering immediate backlash across Egyptian media and political circles.
  • Smotrich's warning, which also referenced Gaza and Lebanon, sparked widespread anger across Egypt, where officials interpreted the remarks as a direct territorial threat to Egyptian sovereignty.
  • Egyptian TV host Ahmed Moussa warned of a "lesson greater than 1973," while parliamentarian Mustafa Bakri labeled the minister an "extremist Zionist thug" in sharp rejection of the rhetoric.
  • Cairo officially reaffirmed its commitment to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty while broadcaster Amr Adib insisted Egypt maintains strength to defend sovereignty against any IDF instability.
  • Egyptian political science professor Hamed Fares described the rhetoric as "political adolescence," suggesting Smotrich seeks to portray neighbors as unstable to justify territorial expansion claims.
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Journalist Ahmed Musa and other Egyptian media figures threatened Israel with destruction in the event of an attempt to attack Egypt and the Sinai peninsula following statements by Finance Minister Betzalel Speccha. Egyptian journalists, deputies and authors of online content reacted sharply to the words of Israel's far-right Israeli Finance Minister Betzalel Conča, who allowed the possibility of hitting the Sinai peninsula in the event of an Eg…

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Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من أخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Killer Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed that if Egypt attacks Israel, "there will be no place called Sinai." This is Cedarnews. للاطلاع على مزيد من الأخبار العاجلة والتقارير الحصرية، زوروا موقعنا الرسمي.

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Bezalel Smotrich makes remarks on the eve of Egypt's commemoration of 1973 war

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IMLebanon broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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