The previous Egypt government was mostly dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, which Hamas was always very close to. When Sisi overthrew the government and took over, he cracked down on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood hard. Some remnants of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood tried to stage a resistance in the Sinai peninsula, and Sisi declared them a terrorist organization. Egypt alleges that Hamas helped the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (I’m not aware how credible this allegation is), and declared them a terrorist organization as well.
The Palestinians and the resistance groups used to get a lot of help from Egypt before, but since Sisi took over, Egypt has been trying covertly to sabotage them and help Israel. Presumably, because that gets Egypt favors with the US, and because they feel that Palestinian resistance groups threaten their power. They can’t go too public with it though, because Egyptians are by and large very supportive of Palestine and mistrust Israel.
Fucking Egypt?
The previous Egypt government was mostly dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, which Hamas was always very close to. When Sisi overthrew the government and took over, he cracked down on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood hard. Some remnants of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood tried to stage a resistance in the Sinai peninsula, and Sisi declared them a terrorist organization. Egypt alleges that Hamas helped the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (I’m not aware how credible this allegation is), and declared them a terrorist organization as well.
The Palestinians and the resistance groups used to get a lot of help from Egypt before, but since Sisi took over, Egypt has been trying covertly to sabotage them and help Israel. Presumably, because that gets Egypt favors with the US, and because they feel that Palestinian resistance groups threaten their power. They can’t go too public with it though, because Egyptians are by and large very supportive of Palestine and mistrust Israel.