Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, says he will not allow any mass influx of refugees from Gaza, saying it will set a precedent for the displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank into Jordan.
He said this after talks with visiting German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
Sisi’s meeting with the German chancellor came as Gaza faced a 12th straight day of ferocious Israeli bombardment in retaliation for a shock cross-border attack launched by Hamas on October Seven.
About three thousand people have been killed in Gaza, which is nearly out of electricity, food, water and fuel