Ok this is just in and was confirmed by Egyptian TV.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has issued his orders to recall the Egyptian ambassador Atef Salem from Tel Aviv in a official statement after the latest Israeli aggression on Gaza sector tonight.
Morsi has ordered our envy in the UN to call for an urgent meeting for the security council. He also ordered the ministry of foreign affairs to summon the Israeli ambassador in Cairo.
He also called Nabil El Araby, the General secretary of LAS in order to held an urgent meeting to discuss the latest developments in Gaza.
According from what I understood , The Israeli Ch2 stated that our ambassador in Tel Aviv demanded that the operation in Gaza to be stopped but it seems that the Israeli government has refused and Egypt had to escalate. It is worth to mention that the first official reaction from Egypt was the demand of the ministry of foreign affairs following the strikes demanding Israeli forces to stop the operation.
Of course this is a major shift in the relations.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has issued his orders to recall the Egyptian ambassador Atef Salem from Tel Aviv in a official statement after the latest Israeli aggression on Gaza sector tonight.
Morsi has ordered our envy in the UN to call for an urgent meeting for the security council. He also ordered the ministry of foreign affairs to summon the Israeli ambassador in Cairo.
He also called Nabil El Araby, the General secretary of LAS in order to held an urgent meeting to discuss the latest developments in Gaza.
According from what I understood , The Israeli Ch2 stated that our ambassador in Tel Aviv demanded that the operation in Gaza to be stopped but it seems that the Israeli government has refused and Egypt had to escalate. It is worth to mention that the first official reaction from Egypt was the demand of the ministry of foreign affairs following the strikes demanding Israeli forces to stop the operation.
Of course this is a major shift in the relations.
Story is developing.
Here is the video statement of Presidency's spokesperson Yasser Ali announcing the decisions of Morsi.Here is a quick look to the reactions from Cairo following the aggression on Gaza.
Updates :
Ok Israel has denied that Hamas' rockets reached to Tel Aviv. Already Hamas and IDF English Twitter accounts engaged in online fight on the social media network tonight.
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| From Alex Yudelson |
The State Department has issued a statement and of course the States understands completely the right of Israel to defend itself ..bla bla bla.
Israeli ambassador also left Cairo but according to news reports , he went on vacation "summoned for negotiations I bet" yet the embassy is open and working.
The ministry of foreign affairs in Egypt changed its header image in its official Facebook Page to a photo showing Palestinian flag.
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There is unconfirmed news that the Crossings of Rafah are open for injured in Gaza to be transferred to Egypt.
The name of that operation is called Operation Pillars of Cloud , oh yes and it has got something with Egypt and the Exodus !!
The name of that operation is called Operation Pillars of Cloud , oh yes and it has got something with Egypt and the Exodus !!
