Egypt is not cooperating with Israel regarding the Philadelphia Corridor, a narrow buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports, citing Egyptian media.
The Egyptian news outlet Al-Qahera News quoted an Egyptian official who said such reports were “completely false.”
Last week, Israeli reports claimed that Israel had asked Egypt for more security measures to be enforced and more surveillance equipment to be installed along the Philadelphia Corridor to notify Israel if weapons were being smuggled in and to detect the use of tunnels by Hamas.
The Philadelphia Corridor is a 14 kilometer long corridor which is guaranteed by the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1979. It has been patrolled by Egyptian security forces after Israeli forces pulled out of Gaza in 2005.
There have been no official comments from Egypt or Israel on the reports.