Egypt Issues Urgent Warning to Israel: Gaza Escalation 'Fundamentally Violates' October 2025 Ceasefire

Egypt issued a sharp diplomatic warning to Israel on May 30, 2026, stating that its ongoing military escalation in Gaza — including Prime Minister Netanyahu's directive to expand Israeli-controlled territory from 53% to 70% of the enclave — 'fundamentally violates' the US-brokered October 2025 ceasefire framework. Cairo urgently invited Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya for emergency talks and simultaneously contacted the White House, urging Trump to restrain Netanyahu. Since the October 2025 ceasefire, at least 929 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes; the broader two-year conflict toll exceeded 72,000. Egypt also explicitly rejected any Israeli plans to push Gaza residents toward the Egyptian Rafah crossing, reiterating that mass displacement of Palestinians into Sinai constitutes a non-negotiable red line for Cairo. Egypt's role as a primary broker of the original ceasefire framework gives Cairo direct standing to protest violations, and this warning represented one of Cairo's sharpest public rebukes of Israeli actions since the conflict began in October 2023.