The link between Egypt and Gaza is the main route for possible aid convoys and an exit for people seeking to flee the besieged Palestinian territory.
Updated: 16 minutes agoHumanitarian aid convoy for the Gaza Strip is parked in Arish, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
Egypt maintains tight control over the border, and people wishing to cross must get permission from Palestinian and Egyptian authorities. Northern Sinai, where Egypt has battled Islamist militants for a decade, is heavily militarized. Egypt has long feared spillover instability from Gaza.On Oct. 7, Hamas militants based in Gaza launched a multipronged assault on Israel that has killed at least 1,400 Israelis. People and goods were able to cross through Rafah for several days afterward.
“We are on the verge of the abyss in the Middle East,” said U.N. Secretary General António Guterres on Sunday.The Rafah crossing is formally controlled by Egypt and Palestinian authorities in Gaza. But Israel controls the skies, and continues to bomb the area. About 80 people were killed in strikes on Rafah and the nearby Gaza town of Khan Younis in the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run Interior Ministry wrote on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon local time.
Israeli officials said last week that no aid can enter Gaza until Israeli hostages captured by Hamas are released. Israel is also concerned about weapons being smuggled into Gaza through aid convoys. Over the weekend, officials discussed the possibility of setting up a screening mechanism that would allow the Israelis to inspect goods entering Gaza, The Washington Post reported.What is the U.S.
President Biden appointed former ambassador David Satterfield on Sunday to lead the United States’ humanitarian efforts related to the conflict. Satterfield was dispatched to Egypt to help coordinate aid.
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