Sisi invites Israel's Bennett to visit Egypt
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel extended the invite while visiting with Israeli officials in Jerusalem.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has invited Israeli Prime Minister Natfali Bennett to visit Egypt in the coming weeks, the Israeli prime minister's office said, months after Cairo brokered a cease-fire ending Israel’s deadly conflict with militant group Hamas.
Abbas Kamel, the director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate, issued the invite on Sisi’s behalf when meeting with Bennett Wednesday in Jerusalem. Kamel is the highest-ranking Egyptian official to visit Israel since the formation of Israel’s new coalition government in June.
According to Bennett’s office, the two discussed Cairo’s mediation efforts in the recent 11-day Gaza conflict in May that left more than 250 Palestinians dead and 13 residents of Israel.
“Today, Bennett met for the first time with Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel in his office in Jerusalem and spoke with him about the political, security and economic dimensions of Israeli-Egyptian relations,” the Israeli prime minister’s office said.
