The This is intercepted. Welcome to Intercepted. I'm Martaza-Hossain. In recent weeks, tensions have risen between Israel and Egypt.

Though these countries are key security partners who have cooperated for years in the blockade on Gaza,

they are now facing a potential breaking point in their relationship.

Israel and Egypt have been bound together for decades by the Camp David peace agreements signed under former

Egyptian president Anwar Sadat.

That agreement has kept the peace for years despite opposition from much of the Egyptian

public.

But it is now being pushed to the brink by the Israeli assault on Gaza

and in particular Israel's attacks on the southern city of Rafa. In recent weeks

Egypt is threatened to suspend the Camp David Peace Accords, publicly criticized Israeli actions in Gaza,

and even joined the International Court of Justice Genocide case against Israel.

A shootout in late May between Egyptian and Israeli soldiers killed one Egyptian soldier.

These events have threatened to erode this relationship further into open conflict.

Joining me now to discuss the history of Egypt-Israel relations and the growing tensions today is Dr. H.A. Hellier is a scholar in the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. and a Senior Associate

Fellow in Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute for Defense

and Security Studies, Orucci in London. Dr. Hellier, welcome to Intercepted.

Thank you so much. It's a great pleasure to be here.

So Dr. Hellier, Egypt has been a critical part of the conflict in Gaza since the beginning

as a mediator between Israel and Hamas. It's also a long-standing

security partner of Israel and helped to administer the blockade of Gaza prior

to this current conflict. Can you give us an overview of Israel and Egypt's ties since

the start of this war and what tensions have emerged as it's continued into its eighth month?

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