Egypt ready to ‘sacrifice millions of lives’ for every grain of sand in Sinai: PM

Egypt’s prime minister on Tuesday said his country was ready to “sacrifice millions of lives” for the Sinai peninsula in an apparent reference to reports of Israel’s intelligence ministry’s wartime draft proposal to transfer the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million people to the region.

“Egypt will never allow anything to be imposed on it,” Mostafa Madbouly said, adding regional issues would not be solved at the country’s “expense.”

Madbouly’s comments came in a speech during his visit to al-Arish in northern Sinai.[AP]