Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza, army says troops on the ground
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Israel intensified its attacks on Gaza late Thursday, as the country’s military said its troops were on the ground.
According to an army spokesman, seven people have been killed by shelling in Israel so far. In Gaza, more than 100 people have died, according to the Health Ministry there.
“I said Hamas will pay a very high price,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said of the attacks in a video message early Friday. “The last word has not yet been spoken and this operation will go on as long as possible.”
At weekends, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is often driven out to a road construction site in Cairo where he is pictured surveying stretches of recently poured asphalt and being briefed by workers.
Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after grounding of vessel in March
Egypt this week announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground and closed off the crucial waterway in March.
The head of the Suez Canal Authority, Lt Gen Osama Rabie, announced details of the plan in a televised ceremony in the canal’s city of Ismailia. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and top government officials attended the ceremony.
The plan includes widening the canal’s southernmost stretch by about 40 meters (yards) to the east, on the side of the Sinai Peninsula, Rabie said. That segment would also be deepened to 72 feet, from the current 66 feet in depth. That part of the canal is 30 kilometers (18 miles) long.
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