Egypt reiterates that it has not accepted an Israeli presence in the Rafah border crossing or Philadelphi corridor, state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV quoted a senior source as saying on Monday.
A key sticking points in Gaza ceasefire talks mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar has been Israel's insistence on a presence in the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow 14.5-km-long (9-mile-long) stretch of land along Gaza's southern border with Egypt.