Israel's former chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi said Egyptian army is too busy with domestic concerns to pose any threat to Israel, refutting any potential threat entailed by Morsi's overthrow and the Egyptian army's takeover of the country.
"I think the Egyptian army is too busy [with domestic issues] to deal with anything that is outside of Egypt, so I don't think there's any danger at the moment," Ashkenazi said.
"Even in the year the Muslim Brotherhood was in power, they did not renege on the peace treaty [with Israel], and as far as stopping smuggling [from Sinai into the Gaza Strip] and handling Hamas, they were reasonable," he added.
Ashkenazi cautioned, however, that Israel needs to carefully observe the volatile situation in Egypt as the unfolding drama is still "far from over."
He said a possible security risk could come from Sinai, where decreased presence of the Egyptian army could present an opportunity for Islamist militants to act from the peninsula against Israel.
"This is a scenario that the IDF and the defense system are thinking about, and I'm sure are prepared for," Ashkenazi said, adding that for the time being, he sees no reason to interfere in Egypt.
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