CAIRO (Dispatches) – Several Zionist regime pilots have been stranded in Egypt since Wednesday after flying into the country without valid entry visas, according to Israeli media.
Israel’s Kan broadcaster said 11 pilots were involved in the incident, but the exact location of where the pilots landed was not reported.
The pilots, who arrived in light aircraft, had received a landing permit but were denied entry and told to go back to the occupied territories “for national security reasons,” Maariv reported.
“The pilots are out of fuel and are not being allowed to refuel,” the Israeli newspaper said.
“They are being pushed to take other flights but the weather is currently too stormy for them to fly back.”
A Zionist regime foreign ministry spokesperson told Maariv: “We received a request and we are trying to help with the authorities.
“From our inspection, the Israelis did receive permission to land the planes but did not receive visas for their entry into the country.”
Citing “national security matters”, the Egyptian authorities have reportedly sought to deport the pilots.
Both Egyptian median and authorities have declined to report and comment on the development by the time of writing.
No further details were immediately available.
Egypt was the first Arab state to recognize the Zionist regime and sign a so-called peace treaty with the occupying regime. In 1978, then-Egyptian president Anwar Sadat shook hands with Zionist prime minister Menachim Begin in a meeting hosted by U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Camp David.
At a diplomatic level, the Egyptian government currently treats the occupying regime as a ‘friendly neighbor’ with which it has strong ties in different fields, particularly security.