These forces are part of the prior coordination with the parties to the peace treaty with Israel, signed in 1979, which we are fully committed to maintaining, given that our country has never violated any agreement throughout its history, the Egyptian State Information Service (SIS) said in a statement.

The statement comes against the backdrop of press reports about the additional deployment of Egyptian troops in the region, which Israel considers a violation of the pact.

The institution also reiterated Cairo’s condemnation of “the expansion of (Israeli) military operations in Gaza and the displacement of Palestinians from their territories.”

We reaffirm our support for the right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent state within the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, he emphasized.

Last week, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi called for Arab and Islamic unity to halt “growing Israeli arrogance” and condemned that country’s crimes in the Palestinian territories.

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