ANKARA (Reuters) - Egypt hit back at the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah on Monday in a war of words over Gaza, reflecting the divide between conservative Arab governments and popular forces willing to confront Israel.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, on a visit to Turkey, said that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah wanted to create trouble in Egypt in the service of outside interests, apparently a reference to Iranian support for Hezbollah.
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