Sisi Stresses Strong Relations Between Cairo, Abu Dhabi

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Photo: Egyptian Presidency

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07:16-6 December 2021 AD ـ 02 Jumada Al-Ula 1443 AH

Cairo: Asharq Al Awsat

07:16-6 December 2021 AD ـ 02 Jumada Al-Ula 1443 AH

Sisi Stresses Strong Relations Between Cairo, Abu Dhabi

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Photo: Egyptian Presidency

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has stressed the strong and solid relations between his country and the United Arab Emirates, greeting the Emirati people on the 50th anniversary of their country’s National Day.

“I am pleased to greet the UAE leaders and people on the 50th anniversary of the UAE's National Day,” Sisi posted on his Twitter account.

The Egyptian President also lauded achievements, progress and prosperity made by the Arab country over the past years in development, building and technological modernization.

“Over the past years, the UAE has introduced a unique model of development, urbanization, and technological modernization,” he wrote.

Sisi stressed that Egypt will enhance cooperation with the UAE to serve the interests of both countries’ peoples.

“We will continue to enhance [these relations] in a way that achieves the interests of our two peoples and nations,” the president wrote.

Late last month, Sisi received a phone call from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The spokesman for the Presidency had stated that the call touched on a number of issues pertinent to bilateral cooperation and relations between the two countries.

This is in addition to exchanging views on regional and international issues of mutual interest.

There was agreement to continue coordination and consultation between the two sides to serve the interest of both countries and peoples and to support security and stability in the region.

In Gaza, Summer Heat Amplifies the Daily Struggle to Survive

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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In Gaza, Summer Heat Amplifies the Daily Struggle to Survive

For Rida Abu Hadayed, summer adds a new layer of misery to a daily struggle to survive in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), daybreak begins with the cries of Hadayed’s seven children sweltering inside the displaced family’s cramped nylon tent. Outside, the humidity is unbearable.

The only way the 32-year-old mother can offer her children relief is by fanning them with a tray or bits of paper — whatever she can find. If she has water, she pours it over them, but that is an increasingly scarce resource, The Associated Press said.

“There is no electricity. There is nothing,” she said, her face beaded with sweat. “They cannot sleep. They keep crying all day until the sun sets.”

The heat in Gaza has intensified hardships for its 2 million residents. Reduced water availability, crippled sanitation networks, and shrinking living spaces threaten to cause illnesses to cascade through communities, aid groups have long warned.

The scorching summer coincides with a lack of clean water for the majority of Gaza’s population, most of whom are displaced in tented communities. Many Palestinians in the enclave must walk long distances to fetch water and ration each drop, limiting their ability to wash and keep cool.

“We are only at the beginning of summer,“ Hadayed’s husband, Yousef, said. “And our situation is dire.”

Israel had blocked food, fuel, medicine and all other supplies from entering Gaza for nearly three months. It began allowing limited aid in May, but fuel needed to pump water from wells or operate desalination plants is still not getting into the territory.

With fuel supplies short, only 40% of drinking water production facilities are functioning in the Gaza Strip, according to a recent report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. All face imminent collapse. Up to 93% of households face water shortages, the June report said.

The Hadayeds were displaced after evacuation orders forced them to leave eastern Khan Younis.

“Our lives in the tent are miserable. We spend our days pouring water over their heads and their skin,” Yousef Hadayed said. “Water itself is scarce. It is very difficult to get that water.”

UNICEF’s spokesperson recently said that if fuel supplies are not allowed to enter the enclave, children will die of thirst.

“Me and my children spend our days sweating,” said Reham Abu Hadayed, a 30-year-old relative of Rida Abu Hadayed who was also displaced from eastern Khan Younis. She worries about the health of her four children.

“I don’t have enough money to buy them medicine,” she said.

For Mohammed al-Awini, 23, the heat is not the worst part. It's the flies and mosquitoes that bombard his tent, especially at night.

Without adequate sewage networks, garbage piles up on streets, attracting insects and illness. The stench of decomposing trash wafts in the air.

“We are awake all night, dying from mosquito bites,” he said. “We are the most tired people in the world.”

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