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	ShinyLeftPad 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city ... why did Egypt participate in the blockade? did it have something to do with their president's assassination? i don't have a precise timeline in memory
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elcritch 6 days ago | [–]

Yes partly; around 2015/2016 according to the Egyptian government and more recently a surge in hamas-linked terrorist groups in the Sinai.

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/egypt-court-seeks-deat... https://www.arab-reform.net/publication/the-egyptian-armys-c...

It's more complicated of course:

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/02/27/why-e...

someonebaggy 7 days ago | [–]

Probably didn't want to get invaded by Israel

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