Some voters said the eruption of conflict in Gaza had encouraged them to vote for Sisi, who has long presented himself as a bulwark of stability in a volatile region.
International election observers and human rights organizations have levied harsh criticism against Sisi’s government during his presidency.
When US President Joe Biden came to Israel his meetings with the Jordanians, Egyptians and the Palestinian Authority were cancelled after Hamas falsely claimed a hospital in Gaza was attacked.
The Gaza Strip is effectively under Israeli control and Palestinians could instead be moved to Israel's Negev desert "till the militants are dealt with", Sisi told a joint news conference.
Washington has long provided Egypt with large amounts of military and other aid, ever since the Arab world's most populous nation signed a peace deal with neighboring Israel in 1979.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2013, deposing a short-lived Muslim Brotherhood government elected during the Arab Spring * reports of a crackdown on dissent before election season
Kassem was convicted of libel and slander against a former cabinet minister and verbally assaulting officers at a police station after he was detained, said his lawyer, Nasser Amin.
Since 2000, Egypt’s population has grown by 40 million and now stands at 105 million. Its birth rate is currently two million per annum.
Earlier this week, Free Current politicians said the case against Kassem was politically driven and called for Sisi to be replaced.
Construction by Russia's state-owned energy corporation Rosatom of Egypt's first nuclear plant at El Dabaa is expected to take until at least 2030.
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