The Latest Breaking News from Cairo

Although it will prove a challenging partner, Cairo has critical interests and strong leverage in Gaza.

Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara, said the incident could further complicate Israel’s relationship with Egypt.

Arab leaders condemned Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and demanded renewed efforts to end decades-long cycle of violence.

Critics accuse Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of using pro-Palestinian sentiment for political gains.

Time and money are running out for hundreds of Palestinians stuck in El Arish, northern Egypt.

As the bombs fall behind them, desperate Palestinians mass at the Rafah border crossing. This is just what Netanyahu wants, writes Cairo-based journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous

As aid remains blocked at the Rafah crossing, and Cairo residents collect donations, many ask when the border will open.

After her visit to Israel on Sunday, France's foreign minister Catherine Colonna is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian president Abdel Fatah Al-Sissi in an attempt to find a diplomatic solution to the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas that controls the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian government has stated its ‘rejection and denunciation of any displacement’ of Palestinians from Gaza.