Jerusalem has rejected a proposed visit to the Gaza Strip by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported on Tuesday.

Egypt had agreed to allow Abbas to enter Gaza via the Rafah border crossing but demanded that Israel approve the visit, which it did not.

An Arab diplomat from a country in the region told Kan that Ramallah had appealed to Israel and Egypt to assist with the visit prior to the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack.