GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza could be getting a status upgrade to become an embassy headquarters for Egypt, though Egyptian officials declined to comment on media reports to that effect.
According to the reports, Egypt has threatened Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with moving the Egyptian Embassy to Gaza from the city of Ramallah in the West Bank. The news comes from the Fateh Voice website, among other media outlets with ties to Mohammed Dahlan, who was dismissed in 2011 as leader of the Fatah nationalist political party after a split with Abbas.