Israel announced Egypt will open the Rafah crossing along the Gaza-Egypt border to allow humanitarian aid to Gaza for the first time since they started a 10-day siege of the territory.
President Biden has placed a condition on humanitarian aid going into the Gaza Strip, as Israel said Wednesday it will allow Egypt to deliver limited supplies for civilians. The aid will be the first assistance given to Gaza since Israel imposed a punishing 10-day siege on the territory. The announcement to allow water, food and other supplies happened after President Biden visited Israel Wednesday hoping to prevent a wider conflict in the region.
Upon his arrival, Biden met with Netanyahu and said an explosion at Gaza City's al-Ahli Hospital, which left hundreds of civilians dead, was not Israel’s fault — as Hamas and Palestinian supporters claim. On Wednesday, Israel announced Egypt’s president agreed to open the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt, to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. An initial group of 20 trucks delivering aid will start on Friday at the earliest, White House officials said.
Children, infants, women, soldiers, men, and elderly, some with serious illnesses, wounded and shot, are held underground like animals,' said a statement from the Hostage and Missing Families Forum. But 'the Israeli government pampers the murderers and kidnappers.' More than 1 million Palestinians — roughly half of Gaza’s population — have fled their homes, fleeing from the north and Gaza City to the south, since the start of the war. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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