Nasser made secret contacts with <answer>Israel</answer> in 1954–55, but determined that peace with <answer>Israel</answer> would be impossible, considering it an "expansionist state that viewed the Arabs with disdain". On 28 February 1955, <answer>Israel</answer>i troops attacked the Egyptian-held Gaza Strip with the stated aim of suppressing Palestinian fedayeen raids. Nasser did not feel that the Egyptian Army was ready for a confrontation and did not retaliate militarily. His failure to respond to <answer>Israel</answer>i military action demonstrated the ineffectiveness of his armed forces and constituted a blow to his growing popularity. Nasser subsequently ordered the tightening of the blockade on <answer>Israel</answer>i shipping through the Straits of Tiran and restricted the use of airspace over the Gulf of Aqaba by <answer>Israel</answer>i aircraft in early September. The <answer>Israel</answer>is re-militarized the al-Auja Demilitarized Zone on the Egyptian border on 21 September.
What country did Nasser make secret agreements with?
Israel