Egypt Denies Plan to Temporarily Relocate 500,000 Gazans to North Sinai

 

In a statement on Friday, March 21, 2025, Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) firmly and unequivocally denied claims circulated by some media outlets that Egypt was prepared to temporarily relocate half a million Gaza residents to a designated city in North Sinai as part of Gaza's reconstruction efforts.

The SIS statement asserted that these allegations were entirely baseless and fundamentally contradicted Egypt's long-standing, principled stance since the outbreak of the "genocidal war on Gaza" in October 2023.

"Egypt has resolutely and definitively rejected any attempt to forcibly or voluntarily displace Palestinian brothers and sisters to any location outside Gaza, especially to Egyptian territories, as this would represent the liquidation of the Palestinian cause and pose an imminent threat to Egypt's national security," the statement said.

The SIS concluded by emphasizing that Egypt's steadfast and clear position forms the basis of the reconstruction plan it presented at the recent Cairo-hosted emergency Arab summit, which was unanimously approved by the summit and does not involve the relocation of any Palestinian from the occupied territories.