At the Rafah crossing between 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 enclaveafter the relevant Washington – Cairo agreement, said eyewitnesses and sources of the security services.

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 inside 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 now worry about items that could spoil as they wait days to enter the Palestinian enclavewhich Israel has imposed a complete siege on after the October 7 attack by Hamas.

The World Health Organization is warning of a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip, where 2.4 million people are living in camps.

He arrived in Cairo today British Foreign Secretary James Cleverleyat a time when many British citizens remain trapped in Gaza and want to pass through Rafah to Egypt, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced.

The same source pointed out that the country will be visited by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who has been asking for days for humanitarian aid from the organization to enter Gaza.

During the night US President Joe Biden stated that he agreed with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi the entry of “up to 20 trucks” into Gaza through the Rafah.

This happened after Israel, which is asking for the aid to be distributed, also gave its approval only to civilians in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, as he has called for the evacuation of the northern part.

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.