Egypt says it warned Israel against 'foolish' war

Egypt warned Israel that its "foolish" war in Lebanon against Hizbullah threatened Egypt-Israeli ties, Egypt's foreign minister said in a television interview broadcast on Friday.

In a rebuttal of accusations from ordinary Arabs that Egypt could have done more to defend Lebanon and back Hizbullah, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Egypt had made its anger clear to Israel. "Letters (to Israel) expressed anger and resentment and requests to stop and warnings that the Egypt-Israeli relationship may be affected in future," Aboul Gheit said. (Reuters)