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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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Netanyahu wary of Egypt's military might and uncertain about ultimate US move on Iran
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu tells Knesset committee that Egyptian army is building its strength, "which needs to be monitored," adding he remains unsure of Trump's final decision on Tehran.
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right6Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution55% Right
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- 55% of the sources lean Right
55% Right
L 27%
C 18%
R 55%
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