Social media in Egypt is abuzz with talk about a drug known in the media as the “girl rape drug.” There has been a lot of talk about the narcotic drug, also known as GHB, after news of people being arrested on charges of possessing narcotics.

The Egyptian army categorically denied on Thursday evening the news circulating about Egyptian assistance to Israel in its military operations in the Gaza Strip, stressing that "there is no cooperation with it."

The MV Catherine docked at the Egyptian port of Alexandria on the Mediterranean on Monday and was last seen there, according to data from the London Stock Exchange Group and ship-tracking website Marine Traffic.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said, "What Egypt is experiencing during this period are the same circumstances it witnessed following the setback of June 5, 1967. At that time, all the experts were saying that it would not win because of the Suez Canal and the Bar Lev Line, but the Egyptians succeeded in the challenge."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, late Wednesday evening, in the first visit by a senior Iranian official in ten years.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi suddenly dismissed Major General Abbas Kamel from the General Intelligence Service today, Wednesday, and issued a decision appointing him as an advisor and general coordinator of the security services and a special envoy to the president, an honorary position without powers.