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According to reports, the initial altercation between Kyrgyz and Egyptian students quickly escalated, with outrage spreading among Bishkek residents after videos of the fight circulated online. Fueled by anger and misguided nationalism, bands of locals then took to the streets, targeting areas populated by foreign students.
"The situation with Egypt right now is the worst it's been since the war started," an unnamed Israeli official told the Haaretz newspaper. "At the beginning of the war, the Egyptians showed understanding toward our position."
The hearings on May 16th and 17th will focus on a request from South Africa for the court to order emergency measures against Israel regarding its bombardment of the Palestinian city of Rafah.
Egypt's formal entry into South Africa's lawsuit against Israel at the ICJ signals growing international scrutiny of Israel's actions in Gaza.
As relayed by Ynetnews, Israeli officials familiar with the negotiations state that while military operations continue in Rafah, the possibility of a truce has not been completely abandoned. Israel is open to working towards an agreement if it receives "answers from Hamas that we can work with," the unnamed officials told Ynet.
As the situation escalates, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a defiant tone, asserting that Israel will fight alone "with our fingernails" if necessary. This statement appears to be a direct response to the United States' warning that it would halt weapon supplies to Israel if it launched a full-scale invasion into Rafah.
Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said he expects Hamas to relocate and try to rebuild its capabilities even after the Rafah offensive in southern Gaza is complete.
Burns's high-stakes visit comes at a perilous juncture, with Israel having launched operations in Rafah, seized control of the vital border crossing with Egypt, and ordered over 1 million Palestinian civilians sheltering in the city to evacuate their homes.
The high-stakes meeting will take place in Europe this weekend, including Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, along with Abbas Kamel, the intelligence chief of Egypt.
In 1976, the T-80, a revolutionary main combat tank from the Soviet Union, used turbine propulsion. Steeped in combat experience from wars such as the Chechen Wars, its offspring, the T-84 and T-80BVM, demonstrate ongoing developments in armoured warfare.
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