Egypt is threatening to suspend its peace treaty with Israel if Israeli troops are sent into the densely populated town of Rafah, on Gaza’s southern border, and warning that fighting could shut down the besieged territory’s main aid supply route, two Egyptian officials and a Western diplomat said Sunday.
The threat to suspend the Camp David Accords, a cornerstone of regional stability for nearly a half-century, came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said sending troops into Rafah was necessary to win the four-month war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have fled to
