Egypt Rejects Israeli Pullback Plan Amid Canal Standoff
Egyptian officials dismissed Moshe Dayan's call for partial withdrawal from the Suez corridor under a ceasefire. Cairo demands full troop removal from the Israeli-held side and warns that any partial pullback fails to address a comprehensive settlement. The Cairo stance follows Sadat's insistence on complete Israeli evacuation of 1967-occupied zones and monitoring by international forces. The dispute coincides with renewed clashes in Jordan and reports of Soviet arms shipments to Egypt.