Egypt on Friday "categorically" denied media reports that Cairo was preparing to temporarily relocate half a million Palestinians to a designated city in North Sinai as part of a plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip.

This came in a statement issued by the Egyptian State Information Service in response to media allegations, without specifying the source, emphasizing Cairo's firm position of "absolute and absolute rejection of any attempt to displace our Palestinian brothers."

The authority said in a statement, "Egypt categorically and completely denies allegations circulated by some media outlets that it is prepared to temporarily relocate half a million residents of Gaza to a designated city in North Sinai as part of the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip."

It affirmed the falsity of these allegations, describing them as "baseless and completely inconsistent with Egypt's firm and principled position, which it declared since the first days of the war of extermination on Gaza in October 2023."

Cairo reiterated its "categorical and absolute rejection of any attempt to forcibly or voluntarily displace our Palestinian brothers and sisters from the country to any location outside it, particularly to Egypt."

It also reiterated that any attempt to displace the people of Gaza would be tantamount to "liquidating the Palestinian cause and a grave threat to Egyptian national security," according to the same statement.

In this context, the Authority noted that this firm and clear Egyptian position is the basis upon which and for which the plan presented by Egypt at the recent emergency Arab League summit in Cairo for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip was based, on March 4.

She stated that Egypt's position on the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip is based on "not allowing a single Palestinian brother to leave it, a position unanimously approved by the summit."

Reports have circulated in recent hours claiming that Egypt is preparing to transfer half a million Palestinians from Gaza to a city in North Sinai.