Mohammad Morsi says ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza puts region at risk

Morsi made the remarks at a joint press conference with Erdogan in Cairo on Saturday. He also warned of dire consequences of a possible ground operation by Israeli forces against Gaza.

The Israeli regime has authorized the mobilization of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing for a possible ground invasion of Gaza.

Nearly 55 Palestinians have been killed and more than 400 others wounded in the Israeli airstrikes since November 14.

On November 16, Morsi said, “Egypt will not leave Gaza on its own… What is happening is a blatant aggression against humanity.”

“I tell them (Israelis) in the name of all the Egyptian people that the Egypt of today is not the Egypt of yesterday and that the Arabs of today are different than the Arabs of yesterday.”