At the Rafa crossingbetween Egypt and the Gaza Strip, the Egyptians are today trying to repair the damage caused by the israeli bombings, in order to allow trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian enclave, following the relevant Washington-Cairo agreement, said eyewitnesses and security sources.
For days, “150 trucks have been waiting in Rafah,” eyewitnesses say, filled with aid from Egypt and the rest of the world, which arrives by plane at the airport of al-Arish, the capital of the Egyptian province of North Sinai, which is about 40 kilometers from Rafa. Since yesterday, Wednesday, workers have been transporting construction materials to the interior of the pass, as well as machines for repairing the roads. Cairo announced that “four workers were injured” by Israeli shelling while they were engaged in repair work.
Aid workers are now worried the items could spoil as they wait days to enter the Palestinian enclave, which Israel has imposed a complete siege on after the October 7 attack by Hamas. The World Health Organization warns of a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Stripwhere 2.4 million people live crowded together.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley arrived in Cairo today, at a time when many British citizens remain trapped in Gaza and want to cross Rafah to Egypt, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced. The same source pointed out that he will visit the country UN Secretary General Antonio Guterreswho has been asking for days for the organization’s humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, as reported by APE-MPE.
Overnight US President Joe Biden said he had agreed with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the entry of “up to 20 trucks” into Gaza through Rafah. This happened after Israel also gave its approval, which requests that aid be distributed only to civilians in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, as it has requested the evacuation of the northern section. However, aid does not appear to be able to enter the Palestinian enclave before tomorrow Friday due to works to restore roads after Israeli shelling.
Source: News Beast
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