United States President Joe Biden said this Friday (20) that he believes trucks carrying humanitarian aid will arrive in Gaza in the next 24 to 48 hours. The statement was made at a meeting between Biden and European Union leaders at the White House to discuss the war in the Middle East.
The radical Islamic group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,400 people, most of them civilians. Since then, Israel has bombarded Gaza with airstrikes. At least 4,137 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including hundreds of children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Asked about the passage of humanitarian aid trucks to Gaza, Biden stated that he had a commitment to the Israelis and the president of Egypt.
The “road had to be repaved,” Biden said. He said he believed that within the next 24 to 48 hours the first 20 trucks with aid would arrive in Gaza.
International attention has focused on aid to Gaza through the only access point not controlled by Israel: the Rafah crossing into Egypt. Biden, who visited Israel on Wednesday (18), left with a promise from Israel to allow trucks to enter from Egypt, as long as the aid is monitored to prevent it from reaching Hamas.
The Rafah crossing has been out of operation for almost two weeks since Hamas attacked Israel.
Israel’s bombing of Gaza, a 45 km long enclave, in retaliation for the Hamas attack, has worsened conditions for 2.3 million people living there under an Israeli and Egyptian blockade.
Diplomatic activity surrounding the opening of the Rafah crossing has intensified, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently hosting the top U.S. general who oversees troops in the Middle East, as well as King Abdullah of Jordan, and Secretary- UN general, Antônio Guterres, calling in Cairo for aid to be delivered on a large scale and in a sustained manner.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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