Egypt Parliament to Discuss Monday Sending Troops to Libya

President Sisi chairs a meeting of the national defense council. (Egyptian presidency)
President Sisi chairs a meeting of the national defense council. (Egyptian presidency)
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Egypt Parliament to Discuss Monday Sending Troops to Libya

President Sisi chairs a meeting of the national defense council. (Egyptian presidency)
President Sisi chairs a meeting of the national defense council. (Egyptian presidency)

The Egyptian parliament is expected to meet on Monday to discuss President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to send troops to Libya.

The president, who is also commander of the armed forces, needs the approval of two-thirds of lawmakers and a recommendation from the national defense council before sending forces on foreign combat missions.

Sisi chaired on Sunday a meeting for the council to discuss the developments in Libya as part of Egypt’s efforts to “maintain the current frontlines” and prevent any side from crossing the declared red lines, in order to preserve peace between all Libyan parties.

Last month, the president had declared that the cities of Sirte and Jufra were “red lines” that must not be crossed. Any move on these cities would force Egypt to intervene to safeguard its national security, he added.

Sunday’s defense council meeting included the parliament speaker, prime minister, defense and military production minister, armed forces commander, navy and air force commanders, head of general intelligence, and the ministers of foreign affairs, finance and interior.

In a statement, the presidency said the council underscored that Egypt “will not spare an effort” in supporting Libya and helping its people overcome their crisis. Libya is among the “top priorities of Cairo’s foreign policy” and its security is “integral to Egyptian and Arab national security.”

It expressed its commitment to the political solution to the crisis that would ensure Libya’s sovereignty and national unity, restoration of state institutions and “elimination of terrorism and criminal and extremist militias.” The solution would put an end to “illegal meddling” in Libyan internal affairs that are only exacerbating the crisis and “threatening neighboring countries and international peace.”



UN: Lifelines Keeping People Alive in Gaza Are Collapsing

21 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Mourners pray near the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
21 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Mourners pray near the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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UN: Lifelines Keeping People Alive in Gaza Are Collapsing

21 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Mourners pray near the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
21 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Mourners pray near the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is appalled by an accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza "where the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing," his spokesperson said on Monday.

"He deplores the growing reports of children and adults suffering from malnutrition," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.

"Israel has the obligation to allow and facilitate by all the means at its disposal the humanitarian relief provided by the United Nations and by other humanitarian organizations."

Israeli ground troops for the first time Monday pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based, in what appeared to be the latest effort to carve up the Palestinian territory with military corridors.

Deir al-Balah is the only Gaza city that has not seen major ground operations or suffered widespread devastation in 21 months of war, leading to speculation that the Hamas militant group holds large numbers of hostages there. The main group representing hostages’ families said it was “shocked and alarmed” by the incursion, which was confirmed by an Israeli military official, and demanded answers from Israeli leaders.

Israel says the seizure of territory in Gaza is aimed at pressuring Hamas to release hostages, but it is a major point of contention in ongoing ceasefire talks.

The UN food agency, meanwhile, accused Israeli forces of firing on a crowd of Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid over the weekend. Gaza's Health Ministry called it one of the deadliest attacks on aid-seekers in the war that has driven the territory to the brink of famine.