Egypt, Caught in the Crossfire

The death of a border guard represents the biggest risk of escalation in the Gaza conflict yet.

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Kamran Bokhari
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On May 27, an Egyptian border guard was fatally shot at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. According to a Reuters report, the victim was killed after he opened fire on an armored vehicle carrying Israeli troops that had crossed a boundary line near the border in pursuit of Palestinian refugees. […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari
https://geopoliticalfutures.com
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. A strategic forecaster, Dr. Bokhari is now a Senior Resident Fellow with the Middle East Policy Council and a Senior Director at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Bokhari also teaches Eurasian Geopolitics at Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. Previously, has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari

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