Egypt takes back seat as Israel pounds Gaza militants
 

https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t...7bfe92934b.jpgHaving crushed the Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo's new government has taken a back seat as Israel pounds Hamas, the Egyptian movement's Islamist allies across the border in Gaza, analysts said. Egypt, which has a peace treaty with Israel, brokered a 2012 truce between it and Hamas that favoured the militants, the Palestinian branch of **w ousted president Mohamed Morsi's Brotherhood. With the Brotherhood **w quashed, the new government in Cairo has taken a passive approach to the latest conflict, denying Hamas a truce that could see it emerge again as a winner. Morsi himself is being tried on charges of having colluded with Hamas to plot attacks inside Egypt, which has blacklisted both the Brotherhood and Hamas.




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