This Week in Egypt: Week48-2023 ( Nov27- Dec3)


Top Headlines

  • Israel tells Arab states it wants buffer zone in post-war Gaza
  • Kamala Harris tells Egypt’s Sisi that US won’t allow forced relocations of Palestinians
  • Egyptian aid trucks stranded as Gaza fighting resumes
  • First U.S. humanitarian aid flight for Gaza lands in Egypt 
  • Egypt’s external debt recorded $164.7bln end of June rising 5.8% Y-o-Y
  • UAE renews $1 billion deposit at Central Bank of Egypt
  • Egyptians abroad begin voting in presidential election
  • Boy, 5, dies after falling into a pool on holiday in Egypt 

Photo: Egyptian Presidency

Main Headlines

Monday

Tuesday

  • CIA director returns to Qatar for hostage talks with Israeli and Egyptian counterpart  
  • French floating hospital docks off coast of Egypt to treat wounded Gazans | The Times of Israel
  • First U.S. humanitarian aid flight for Gaza lands in Egypt
  • Starbucks Egypt ‘lays off workers’ amid pro-Gaza boycott campaign

Wednesday

  • Biden says American hostage released by Hamas is Safe in Egypt
  • Egypt’s tourism chief says the industry looks set to ride out the shockwaves of the Israel- Hamas war

Thursday

  • Israeli military confirms release of six Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza Strip to Egypt
  • Negotiators are pushing for new two-day extension of Gaza truce- Egyptian statement
  • UAE renews $1 billion deposit at Central Bank of Egypt
  • Egypt’s Sisi and IMF Managing Director discuss bilateral cooperation in Dubai

Friday

Saturday

  • Israel tells Arab states it wants buffer zone in post-war Gaza
  • Kamala Harris tells Egypt’s Sissi that US won’t allow forced relocations of Palestinians
  • British PM met Egyptian President el-Sisi at the COP28 Summit in the UAE  

Sunday

Reports

  • Israeli assault on southern Gaza could push 1m refugees to Egypt border, UNRWA chief warns. Patrick Wintour
  • Egypt wiped out Hepatitis C. Now it is trying to help the rest of Africa. Stephanie Nolen
  • Readout of Vice President Harris’s Meeting with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt

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