Egypt rules out foreign force on Egyptian land

Egypt ruled out on Saturday allowing international troops to deploy on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza as part of a possible ceasefire deal between Israel and the Hamas movement which runs Gaza.

"Nobody is talking about international troops (in Egypt). We are talking about arrangements and measures. There will be no international troops of any kind on the Egyptian side," Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told a news conference. (Reuters)