On Friday evening, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning the collapse of the truce and the renewed violent Israeli bombing of the impoverished and besieged Gaza Strip, warning of the consequences of the forced displacement of Palestinians from their land, amid Israeli talk about an operation in the south of the Strip adjacent to the border with Egypt.

It added in a statement that Egypt "expressed its strong condemnation of the collapse of the truce and the renewed violent bombing and Israeli military operations against the Gaza Strip, which resulted in renewed casualties among Palestinian civilians."

It considered the matter to be "a serious setback and an underestimation by the Israeli side of all the efforts made that have sought over the past days to extend the truce, spare the blood of innocent Palestinians, and ensure the implementation of more urgent humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip."

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry affirmed Cairo's firm position rejecting the forced displacement of Palestinians outside the borders of their land, as it is a red line that will not be allowed to be crossed.

Egypt renewed its call to influential international parties and concerned UN bodies, led by the Security Council, to assume their responsibilities towards ensuring the protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and to stop attempts and plans to push them to flee their country.

It stressed the importance of actually implementing the resolutions issued by the Security Council and the General Assembly in this regard.