Mossad intelligence agency Director Yossi Cohen secretly met with high-ranking Egyptian security officials last week in Cairo, London-based Arabic daily Al-Araby reported on Saturday.
Cohen is said to have met with Egyptian Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Kamel and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry during his secret trip to Cairo.
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According to the report, the meeting sought was to discuss Hamas and the Gaza Strip, the Trump administration's Middle East peace plan, and the Israeli government's controversial plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to bring to parliamentary approval in early July.
Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz has threatened to reconsider the kingdom's relations with Israel if Jerusalem carries out the controversial plan.
Jordan's Foreign Minister repeated the warning earlier this week to American and British diplomats, saying the "unprecedented threat" of applying sovereignty to Judea and Samaria could further destabilize the Middle East, Al-Araby reported.
Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab countries in the Middle East that have formal peace agreements with Israel.
In anticipation of Israeli sovereignty measures, the Palestinian Authority last week said it was no longer bound by its agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments, "including those related to security."
This article was originally published by i24NEWS
