Netanyahu Adviser Says Egypt Not Behind Reported Arab Peace Trap

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s adviser Yonatan Urich said Egypt was not the unnamed country in a report that an Arab leader urged another regional state to pursue an agreement with Israel as a tactical pause while preparing for a future conflict. The underlying report said Israeli political and security officials had known about the conversations for months. Urich issued the clarification in a brief post on X after the report was published. Neither account publicly identified the two Arab states allegedly involved.