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Egypt says describing displacement of Palestinians as voluntary is 'nonsense'

AL-Monitor
Sep 6, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos (not pictured) at the Foreign Ministry in Nicosia, Cyprus, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos (not pictured) at the Foreign Ministry in Nicosia, Cyprus, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/File Photo — Yiannis Kourtoglou

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday that describing the displacement of Palestinians as voluntary is "nonsense".

Israel earlier called on Gaza City residents to leave for the south, as its forces advance deeper into the enclave’s largest urban area.

(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Jaidaa Taha; Editing by Jan Harvey)