Summary
A Party, with Israel, to the Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement signed at Rhodes on 24 February 1949, under which its forces in the Al Faluja area were withdrawn beyond the Egypt-Palestine frontier, its western-front forces were limited to defensive forces only, and it shared equally the expenses of the Egypt-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission (Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement, PDF p.2, p.4-5, p.8).
Details
- Egypt’s representatives, empowered by its Government, concluded the Agreement responding to the Security Council resolution of 16 November 1948 calling for an armistice as a step from truce to permanent peace in Palestine (PDF p.1).
- No element of Egypt’s military or para-military forces, including non-regular forces, may commit a warlike or hostile act against Israel’s forces or civilians in territory under Israel’s control, advance beyond the Armistice Demarcation Line except as Article III provides, violate the international frontier elsewhere, or enter Israel’s air space or the waters within three miles of its coastline (Article II, PDF p.2).
- Within the Gaza-Rafah line Egyptian forces shall nowhere advance beyond their present positions (Article VI, PDF p.4).
- On the Egyptian side of the frontier facing El Auja, no Egyptian defensive positions shall be closer to El Auja than El Qouseima and Abou Aoueiglia, as printed (Article VIII, PDF p.5-6).
Related pages
Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement, Egyptian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement (Rhodes, 1949), El Auja, Al Faluja, Gaza