An anonymous group has released a grainy video that allegedly shows a serving Egyptian minister in a sexual video call, warning of further leaks if two demands are not met.

 

In the footage, an individual wearing a mask can be heard saying that unless Cairo halts its $35B gas deal with Israel and opens the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border to end the blockade of Gaza, more leaks will follow.

 

He alleged that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi handed over the country’s keys to its enemy, adding, “You’re dragging all of us by the neck and putting us as hostages in the enemy’s hands.”

 

The warning comes after El-Sisi’s government signed a record $35B agreement earlier this August with NewMed Energy and Chevron, the operators of Israel’s Leviathan gas field, potentially deepening Egypt’s energy dependence on Israeli supplies as part of an expansion of a landmark 2018 deal between the two countries.

 

According to reports, the billion-dollar deal, which will supply Egypt with gas, is the largest export agreement in Israel’s history.

 

Reports suggest that the agreement, which extends until 2040, will supply Egypt with an extra 130 billion cubic meters of Israeli gas, tying Cairo to an unprecedented level of energy reliance on its former adversary, while Gaza continues to suffer under siege and famine.

 

Throughout Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Egypt remained under harsh criticism for not making extra efforts to bring a halt to the suffering and killing of Palestinians. 

 

For the last months, Israel has been weaponising aid. Vast quantities of relief supplies are stranded in warehouses across Jordan and Egypt while Palestinians continue to starve and die.

 

Tension flared in recent months when Israel's blockade of food in Gaza led protesters and critics to call for Egypt to open its side of the Rafah border to allow aid into Gaza.