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> Sure, if you ignore the part where they kept bombing Gaza,

The answer is in the post you replied to.

>> Unfortunately Hamas took over Gaza shortly after and shot some 12k+ rockets into southern Israel

"shortly after". Let's just forget for a moment that Israel made that happen, intentionally. What happened during that "shortly", was there a food blockade?

wasn't Egypt in control of southern border? did Egypt participate in the blockade?

Yes.

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

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...

Probably didn't want to get invaded by Israel

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