During a meeting with Laszlo Kover, president of the Hungarian Parliament, El-Sisi defended a new agreement that allows an exchange of prisoners and the entry of aid into the territory, which has been under a total Israeli blockade since March 2.

The head of State affirmed last week that his country stands as an impregnable barrier against attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause, amid the Israeli offensive against Gaza.

In a speech on the 43rd anniversary of the liberation of the Sinai Peninsula, occupied by Israel after the 1967 war, El-Sisi criticized the Israeli offensive.

He noted that the ongoing war there “is destroying everything and leaving tens of thousands of victims in a shameful humanitarian tragedy that will remain engraved in history.”

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