Landmark Visit to Egypt by Turkey’s Erdogan Overshadowed by Gaza Crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Cairo on Feb. 14—the first time in over a decade—for talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Talks reportedly focused mainly on an ongoing Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which shares a 7.5-mile-long border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Israel’s offensive, which began last October, has left thousands of Palestinians dead and led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis on Egypt’s doorstep. At a joint press conference, Mr. al-Sisi welcomed Mr. Erdogan and hailed the “historical relations” between Egypt and Turkey. Both countries, he said, were striving to bring desperately needed humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip via Egypt’s Rafah border crossing....