Egypt’s delicate balancing act as a mediator in the Israel-Hamas war

Israel’s deputy attorney general for international law told the ICJ last week that some 50 cross-border tunnels exist between Gaza and Egypt; reports suggest Egypt torpedoed the recent cease-fire deal

Since October, Egypt, a country that neighbors both Israel and the Gaza Strip, has vied to be among those helping to mediate an end to the hostilities sparked on Oct. 7 when Hamas infiltrated southern Israel.

Yet the most...

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