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| In 1st since Israel took control of Rafah crossing, Egypt delivers aid to Gaza during wartime |
| 2025-07-28 |
| [IsraelTimes] Egyptian media reports that trucks carrying humanitarian aid began entering the Gaza Strip this morning. The trucks are entering through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Egypt had delivered aid during the war via the Rafah crossing but halted it after Israel took control of the crossing in May 2024. During the ceasefire in January 2025, Egypt resumed sending aid through the Kerem Shalom crossing. This is the first time Egypt has delivered aid in this manner during active fighting. In early July, the European Union announced it had reached an agreement with Israel to reopen aid corridors from Jordan and Egypt, as part of a broader deal with Israel to increase humanitarian assistance to Gaza. In recent days, there has been a growing online campaign criticizing Egypt and questioning why it has not reopened the Gaza border crossing to allow aid in, amid the severe humanitarian crisis in the Strip. Protests have also taken place in recent days outside Egyptian embassies in Lebanon, Syria, the UK, Denmark, Canada, and other countries. Aid trucks have started moving toward Gaza from Egypt, the Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV reports, after mounting international pressure and warnings from relief agencies of starvation spreading in the enclave. With the Rafah Crossing shut, the trucks will go via Israel to be checked before they enter the Strip. Good idea The Israeli military has said that “humanitarian corridors” will be established starting today for safe movement of United Nations convoys delivering aid to Gazans and that “humanitarian pauses” will be implemented in densely populated areas. |
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