Egypt 'may get security role in Gaza'

Israel has held talks with Egypt about ceding security control to Cairo over a corridor on the Egypt-Gaza border as part of a…

Israel has held talks with Egypt about ceding security control to Cairo over a corridor on the Egypt-Gaza border as part of a plan to evacuate Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, security sources said today.

The Israeli sources said Egypt may be interested in assuming a security role out of concern that the militant Palestinian Islamic group Hamas would step in to fill the vacuum of an Israeli pullout from the fenced-in Gaza Strip.