Egyptian FM: Cairo training hundreds of Palestinians for security jobs in postwar Gaza

Defence affairs

In a clip from a yet-to-be-aired interview, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty tells the Saudi Al Arabiya news channel that Egypt has a clear plan for security and governance arrangements in Gaza after the war ends, and that it is training “Palestinian operatives” who will be deployed in the Gaza Strip and assume security roles once the war is over.

He does not specify in the clip if the Palestinians being trained are part of any formal organization, such as the Palestinian Authority.

Abdelatty also says that Egypt holds daily talks with Qatar and the United States amid efforts to forge a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

The foreign minister slams Israel for its actions in Gaza, accusing it of using food as a weapon of war and saying that the level of hunger in the Strip is “beyond imagination.”