Egypt's State Information Service appears to have deleted a strongly worded statement criticising Israel's war on Gaza that was published in response to Israeli officials accusing it of violating the 1979 peace treaty. Hours after publication, this was replaced with text featuring softer language that referred instead to Israel's "expansion of military operations". Two Israeli officials also alleged that Cairo was building underground bunkers that could potentially be used for offensive operations, such as storing missiles and extending runways at airbases. Since the early days of the war, Egyptian officials have feared that Israel aims to forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians over the border into the Sinai. Egyptian officials have repeatedly ruled out absorbing Palestinians from Gaza as a national security "red line".