Amid the Gaza war, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warඣned of a "new and unprecedented conflict" in the Middle Eastern region. While annou♍ncing this warning, the Egyptian president called for urgent international intervention for a ceasefire.
This statement from Sisi comes during the meeti𓂃ng with Ursual von der Leyen, the President of the🐽 European Commission at the EU-Egyptian Investment Conference in Cairo.
During his meeting with the EU chief, Sisi urged on the need of "concerted international efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire and the urgent access to humanitarian aiဣd in Gaza 🍌to avert the humanitarian catastrophe facing the Palestinian people.”
He added that the con✤flict is slowly expanding out of Gaza and the international community must take "serious and swift steps to prevent the region from sliding into a new and unprecedented cycle of conflict".
The 🦹Israel-Hamas war started on October 7, 2023 after the Palestinian militant group launched a terror attack in southern Israel killing around 1,140 people and taking over 250 hostages.
However, Israel's response to🎶 the Hamas attack has caused a humanita💫rian crisis in the Gaza Strip with over 37,800 Palestinians killed due to Israeli bombardment. As the Gaza war rages on, mediator countries - Egypt, Qatar and the US are urgently trying to have a ceasefire implemented.
Ami꧟d the conflict in Gaza, Israel's tensions have also crossed into Lebanon with Hezbollah and in Yemen with the Houthis and Iran.
As tensions continue to escalate between Israel and Hezbollah in Leb🤡anon, the region is now worried of another full-blown war.
