By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-27 17:05:48 | Updated at 2024-10-27 19:24:10
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According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Abbas Kamel was considered the second-most powerful person in Egypt for years and during his tenure, built strong relationships with officials in US and Israeli intelligence, as well as leaders of the Hamas terror group.
Kamel will now serve as a special advisor to Sissi and coordinator of the security services, but the WSJ noted that it was unclear whether the reassignment was a promotion or demotion amid ongoing failure to reach another deal between Israel and Hamas since November...
Kamel was replaced with his deputy, Hassan Rashad who, according to the WSJ, oversaw key issues in Egyptian intelligence, including the country's relationship with Iran, which has been fraught at times over the years.
He was announced as the new intelligence chief shortly before Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Cairo for the first official visit by an Iranian foreign minister in almost 12 years...
Araghchi's seventh stop on a tour of the Middle East where he has spoken with officials in Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, and Oman... He is expected to head to Turkey after his visit to Egypt, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
...38 IDF soldiers and reservists have died in cross-border skirmishes and in the ensuing ground operation launched in southern Lebanon in late September. Meanwhile, Israel has killed at least 966 Hezbollah terrorists in the last year, but the number is likely higher as the group has not been consistently updating its death toll since Israel began the ground operation.
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