Egypt Confirms Regular Navigation in Suez Canal

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus hold the ‘Medusa 10’ training exercise in Mediterranean. (Egypt’s State Information Service)
Egypt, Greece and Cyprus hold the ‘Medusa 10’ training exercise in Mediterranean. (Egypt’s State Information Service)
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Egypt Confirms Regular Navigation in Suez Canal

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus hold the ‘Medusa 10’ training exercise in Mediterranean. (Egypt’s State Information Service)
Egypt, Greece and Cyprus hold the ‘Medusa 10’ training exercise in Mediterranean. (Egypt’s State Information Service)

The Egyptian government denied reports that navigation in the Suez Canal was halted after a collision between two ships.

The Cabinet’s Media Center contacted the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), which denied the rumors and confirmed regular navigation in the canal.

In a statement, the SCA said it is fully prepared to handle any emergency that may occur in the waterway.

“The authority has emergency pilot crews, maritime rescue units and a dedicated navigation control center that constantly monitors movement in the canal,” it stressed.

Separately, Egyptian and Greek naval forces conducted a joint military training in the northern fleet region in the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt’s frigate Taba and Greece’s warship HS HYDRA F-452 took part in the exercise.

The Egyptian military said the training is part of efforts to reinforce the exchange of expertise with the armed forces of friendly countries. It also helps in achieving the common interests of Cairo and Athens and improves military cooperation between their naval forces.

Egypt is seeking to bolster its maritime capabilities amid rising disputes with Turkey, in light of Ankara’s gas exploration efforts in the disputed Eastern Mediterranean.

Cairo has carried out several military drills in recent months.

In November 2020, it held a drill with French naval forces in the northern fleet region. It also staged a maritime training with Bahrain in the same region.

In December 2020, Egypt, Greece and Cyprus held the “Medusa 10” joint naval and aerial training in the Mediterranean, with the participation of naval, aerial and special forces from France and the United Arab Emirates.



Israeli Missile Hits Gaza Children Collecting Water

A Palestinian woman reacts as a young man carries the body of her child killed in an Israeli strike, in front of Gaza City's Maamadani (Baptist) hospital on July 13, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
A Palestinian woman reacts as a young man carries the body of her child killed in an Israeli strike, in front of Gaza City's Maamadani (Baptist) hospital on July 13, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
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Israeli Missile Hits Gaza Children Collecting Water

A Palestinian woman reacts as a young man carries the body of her child killed in an Israeli strike, in front of Gaza City's Maamadani (Baptist) hospital on July 13, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
A Palestinian woman reacts as a young man carries the body of her child killed in an Israeli strike, in front of Gaza City's Maamadani (Baptist) hospital on July 13, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water on Sunday, local officials said.

The Israeli military said the missile had intended to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area but that a malfunction had caused it to fall "dozens of meters from the target".

"The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved civilians," it said in a statement, adding that the incident was under review.

The strike hit a water distribution point in Nuseirat refugee camp, killing six children and injuring 17 others, said Ahmed Abu Saifan, an emergency physician at Al-Awda Hospital.

Water shortages in Gaza have worsened sharply in recent weeks, with fuel shortages causing desalination and sanitation facilities to close, making people dependent on collection centers where they can fill up their plastic containers.

Hours later, 12 people were killed by an Israeli strike on a market in Gaza City, including a prominent hospital consultant, Ahmad Qandil, Palestinian media reported. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the attack.

Gaza's health ministry said on Sunday that more than 58,000 people had been killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October 2023, with 139 people added to the death toll over the past 24 hours.

Negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire appeared to be deadlocked, with the two sides divided over the extent of an eventual Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources said at the weekend.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to convene ministers late on Sunday to discuss the latest developments in the talks, an Israeli official said.

The indirect talks over a US proposal for a 60-day ceasefire are being held in Doha, but optimism that surfaced last week of a looming deal has largely faded, with both sides accusing each other of intransigence.

Netanyahu in a video he posted on Telegram on Sunday said Israel would not back down from its core demands - releasing all the hostages still in Gaza, destroying Hamas and ensuring Gaza will never again be a threat to Israel.