Zvi Bar'el/ Haartez (adapted)
There is tension in relations between Egypt and Israel, but the Egyptian media did not address this issue, and for all, it is positive evidence that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seeks to absorb tension, as he prefers that Israel would owe him one when he wants to settle some issues with it.
This is because so-called Israel didn't commit to the terms of the agreement concluded with Egypt, which was about not assassinating the two leaders in the Islamic Jihad movement who were murdered during the last aggression on the Gaza Strip. Moreover, it didn't release the two prisoners, Bassam al-Saadi and Khalil Awawda. Along with this and that, it dropped an Egyptian plane in Sina airspace two months ago, and the discovery of the mass grave for the Egyptian soldiers who were martyred in 1967, in Latrun Monastery (in occupied Emmuas village, northwest West Bank), over which a parking lot was established. This made the situation between both parties much worse. It is possible that the root of this tension between them is that Israel doesn't seriously deal with the Egyptian mediation efforts and ignores the cost it should pay for the calmness that these efforts end up bringing.
An Egyptian political analyst has stated to Haaretz newspaper: " Egypt's influence on the Islamic Jihad movement is completely different from that on Hamas, which mostly relies on Egypt more than so-called Israel. To wit, the necessity to keep Rafah crossing open, the transportation of goods, the movement of citizens and their ability to travel abroad, along with the rebuilding efforts that Egypt is conducting in Gaza, all of which are weakness points for Hamas and which force it to commit to the agreement on Cairo's demands. In contrast, the Islamic Jihad movement is not interested in reconstruction the strip or feeding its residents' needs."
Egypt has the exclusive administrative privilege on mediation and relations between Israel and the Gaza resistance, but some Arab countries envy it for this position, such as the Emirates, Morocco, Al-Bahrain, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, which have partially normalized relations with Israel, and it also assures of always affirming its commitment to resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. On the other hand, Egypt also tries to maintain its position in front of the United States as an outstanding country in solving confrontations. However, when Israel compromises Egypt's mediation ability in Gaza, it pulls the rug out from under one of the main diplomatic foundations on which its relationship with the US administration depends.