Egypt pledges swift Gaza reconstruction
Irrigation Minister Hani Sewilam has said Egypt is capable of helping rebuild Gaza “in the shortest possible time”.
Speaking at an event organised by the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate, he said Egypt “is distinguished by having tens of thousands of competent engineers and by owning major companies active in the construction and contracting sector, which form the cornerstone of implementing the reconstruction plan with the highest efficiency”.
Sewilam said Egypt has put forward a proposal to reconstruct Gaza without displacing its Palestinian inhabitants, without providing details.
“Unfortunately, we have witnessed over a year of aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in widespread destruction on Palestinian lands,” he also said, reiterating Egypt’s “total rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people from their land”.
‘Netanyahu plans to resume war on Gaza despite public opinion backing ceasefire’
The Israeli prime minister intends to resume the war on Gaza but is likely to face strong opposition from the Israeli public, according to Meron Rapoport, editor at the Israeli news outlet Local Call.
“The expectation from the families of the hostages [who remain in Gaza] is that all the hostages should be released,” he told Al Jazeera.
However, having adopted Trump’s idea of forcibly transferring Palestinians out of Gaza, “anything short of that will be a failure, according to his supporters,” Rapoport added.
“This won’t be easy to achieve and will create huge problems with neighbours Jordan and Egypt as well as with the international community.”
‘New low’: Iran condemns Israeli flyover at Nasrallah funeral
The spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Israel’s “vicious act of terrorism against civilians” after its fighter jets flew over an area in Lebanon’s capital, where the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and his heir apparent Hashem Safieddine was being held on Sunday.
“The Israeli regime hit a new low today when its jet fighters flew over the funeral ceremony at extremely low altitude, trying wickedly, though futilely, to intimidate hundreds of thousands of brave Lebanese and others who had gathered to pay tribute to their Martyred heroes,” Esmail Baghaei wrote on X.
He said the flyover was a serious violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and called on the UN Security Council to condemn it.
“[It was a] pitiful attempt to terrify people who gathered only to mourn. If that is not an act of terror, then what is?” he wrote on X.
Proud and honored to have joined hundreds of thousands of mourners today in Beirut to bid farewell to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. A sea of Lebanese, young and enthusiastic, filled the stadium and its surroundings, to pay their respects to a great leader of the Resistance.
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— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) February 23, 2025
