‘There will be no Tel Aviv’: Egyptians threaten Israel following Smotrich Sinai comments

Egyptian media figures and officials issued threats against Israel after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warned that Israel would destroy Sinai if Egypt attacked. TV hosts Amr Adib and Ahmed Moussa, along with parliamentarian Mustafa Bakri, said there would be no Tel Aviv, Ben-Gurion Airport, or Netanyahu, and that Egypt could crush Israel's military. The article reports these reactions but includes no official Egyptian government statement or Israeli response.

Egyptian media figures and officials issued a wave of threats against Israel this week, reacting angrily to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's warning that Israel would destroy Sinai if Egypt attacked. Smotrich made the remarks during an interview with the haredi news site Hashtiblach on Monday, October 5, 2026. Egyptian TV host Amr Adib on MBC Egypt said: 'There will be no Tel Aviv, there will be no Ben-Gurion Airport, and there will be no Netanyahu.' Parliamentarian and journalist Mustafa Bakri called Smotrich an 'extremist Zionist thug' and insisted Cairo could 'crush' Israel's military, threatening to throw Smotrich in a mental hospital. TV host Ahmed Moussa on Sada El Balad said all 120 million Egyptians would die defending Egypt, and that Israel would pay a 'heavy price.' Political science professor Hamed Fares told Sky News Arabia that Smotrich's comments reflected 'political adolescence' and were an effort to maintain a hardline image ahead of elections. The article reports the threats and reactions but does not include any official Egyptian government statement or Israeli response.