Egypt pushing to break impasse over Gaza aid, presidency says

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CAIRO: Egypt has stepped up diplomatic efforts to enable aid deliveries into Gaza and to de-escalate fighting, the Egyptian presidency said on Sunday,...

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cairo on October 15, 2023. After Egypt Blinken will head back to Israel on October 16 for his second visit in less than a week following a tour of six Arab countries on the crisis with Hamas, the State Department said. - AFPPIX: Egypt has stepped up diplomatic efforts to enable aid deliveries into Gaza and to de-escalate fighting, the Egyptian presidency said on Sunday, as U.S.

Israeli bombardments on the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing into Egypt, the main crossing out of Gaza not controlled by Israel, have disrupted operations there. There is alarm in Egypt over the prospect that residents in Gaza could be displaced by Israel’s siege and bombardment, launched in retaliation for the devastating incursion by Hamas militants.

A statement from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s office, issued after a meeting of the national security council, said Egypt rejected any plan to displace Palestinians “to the detriment of other countries” and that Egypt’s own security was a red line.Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told CNN on Saturday that the Rafah crossing was open but the roads leading to it in Gaza were “inoperable” due to Israeli bombardment.

 

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