Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Egyptian newspapers on Wednesday, which noted that his people are ready to march on Israel to "wipe it out" if the Jewish state attacks the Islamic republic.

Ahmadinejad is on historic visit to Egypt, the first by an Iranian president since Tehran severed diplomatic ties with Cairo in 1980 in protest at the Egypt-Israel peace treaty. While in Cairo, he is attending a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.