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Netanyahu Warns of Egypt's Growing Military Capabilities

Netanyahu highlighted the need to monitor Egypt’s military growth amid regional tensions and US uncertainty on Iran, despite a $35 billion Israel-Egypt gas deal signed last December.

  • On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a closed-door Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee meeting that Egypt's growing military capabilities must be monitored and said coordination with Washington was `the highest possible level` despite uncertainty over President Donald Trump's final decision on Iran.
  • Egypt has moved troops to Somalia, reassigning a 10,000-strong force earlier this week as it views the Horn of Africa as vital to national security and fears Israel's influence in Somaliland.
  • Despite the warning, Israel and Egypt signed a major gas agreement in December valued at about $35 billion, while an unnamed Israeli official said Tel Aviv sought US intervention after talks stalled.
  • Egypt's officials insisted the Trump administration had not raised troop issues and described Egypt's troop deployments as consistent with international agreements, while reaffirming support for a Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
  • Military analyst Samir Rajab warned `Somaliland is perhaps the most strategic part of Somalia. It could be used to disrupt Egypt's access to the Red Sea through its southern opening` as Egypt recently upgraded Doraleh Port, Djibouti, and Assab Port, Eritrea.
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dawan.africa broke the news in on Monday, September 22, 2025.
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