Despite international appeals, no aid has entered ‘strangled’ Gaza since the start of the war – Crucial meeting on Saturday in Egypt
The Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt, which currently remains closed, appears to be the only way out for the persecuted Palestinians.
Trucks of humanitarian aid have arrived in recent days and are still arriving in Rafah, forming an endless convoy at the border. On the other hand, thousands of residents of the Gaza Strip with dual citizenship – the elderly and women with children – are flocking in the hope that the passage will open and they can escape to Egypt.
Appeals for aid are mounting around the world and the EU has already announced an airlift to Egypt to provide humanitarian aid to the 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza, half of whom are children.
However, so far, after four bombings against the Rafah crossing in 10 days of war and the “total siege” imposed by Israel, no aid has entered Gaza.
For example, at least 49 Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes against Khan Younis and Rafah in the Gaza Strip, from which houses were hit, the Palestinian Ministry of the Interior announced.
The US is pressuring Egypt to allow the Americans to leave Gaza, but Cairo responds that no one will leave the enclave unless aid first passes. of Joe Biden discussed by phone the sending of aid to Gaza, with the Egyptian presidency calling it a “priority”.
“We would say we are getting close to an agreement on the entry of aid and the exit of foreigners,” said the Red Crescent official who is also heading to Rafah.
Crucial meeting on Saturday in Egypt
The summit on the Palestinian issue proposed by Egypt amid the war between Israel and Hamas will be held on Saturday, Gulf news agencies reported, announcing that the leaders of those countries had received an invitation.
The news agencies of Qatar and Kuwait made the announcements after the Egyptian authorities proposed on Sunday to hold a “regional and international summit on the future of the Palestinian issue” during the US Secretary of State’s tour of the region. Anthony Blinken.
Source :Skai
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