A balancing act over buffer zone


Israeli troops in Gaza.. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

FOR weeks, talk show hosts and newspaper columnists across Egypt’s government-managed media spoke with one voice: any Israeli occupation of a buffer zone on the Egypt-Gaza Strip border could violate Egypt’s sovereignty and national security.

That would deal a further blow to a relationship Israel’s offensive had already pushed to its lowest point in decades.

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