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Two men forcibly disappeared in Egypt after storming police station over Gaza blockade

30 July 2025 10:44 BST

Two men have been forcibly disappeared in Egypt following their alleged participation in the storming of the State Security headquarters at the Ma’asara police station in Helwan in southern Cairo in protest of Egypt's alleged complicity in the Gaza siege, Middle East Eye has learned. 

Twenty-seven-year-old Mohsen Mustafa and his 23-year-old cousin Ahmed Sherif Ahmed Abdel Wahab have not been heard from since Mustafa posted on Facebook claiming responsibility for the raid, shortly before his profile was removed.

The men were reportedly involved in the storming of the police station on 25 July, where a group who identified themselves as “Iron 17” raided the facility and detained several security personnel for hours.

Footage of the raid showing the young men holding the officers captive went viral. The videos, which were published on a Telegram channel and viewed millions of times, showed the men condemning the closure of Egypt’s Rafah border crossing with Gaza and the arrests of activists collecting aid for Palestinians in the territory.

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Twenty-seven-year-old Mohsen Mustafa and his 23-year-old cousin Ahmed Sherif Ahmed Abdel Wahab have not been heard from since they posted on Facebook claiming responsibility for the raid on 25 July (Supplied)
Twenty-seven-year-old Mohsen Mustafa and his 23-year-old cousin Ahmed Sherif Ahmed Abdel Wahab have not been heard from since they posted on Facebook claiming responsibility for the raid on 25 July (Supplied)