Egypt says it’ll remain in control of its Gaza border after PM suggests Israel might take it over

The spokesperson for Egypt’s foreign ministry says Cairo will remain in control of its borders after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed during a press conference earlier this evening that Israel is considering taking control after the war over the Philadelphi Corridor, which runs for 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) along the Gaza-Egypt border.

“Egypt fully controls its borders and controls it completely, and these issues are subject to legal and security agreements between the countries involved, so any talk on this matter is generally subject to scrutiny and is responded to with declared positions,” Ahmed Abu Zeid says during an interview with Egyptian television channel Sada El-Balad.