{"id":59398,"date":"2024-05-26T17:10:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/26\/aid-deliveries-from-egypt-into-gaza-are-due-to-resume-2\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T17:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T17:10:22","slug":"aid-deliveries-from-egypt-into-gaza-are-due-to-resume-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/26\/aid-deliveries-from-egypt-into-gaza-are-due-to-resume-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid Deliveries From Egypt Into Gaza Are Due to Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aid trucks from Egypt were expected to enter the devastated Gaza Strip on Sunday under a new U.S.-brokered agreement to reopen a vital conduit for humanitarian relief.<\/p>\n

Egypt has blocked aid from entering the enclave via its territory since Israel\u2019s seizure of the Rafah crossing \u2014 which provides access to southern Gaza \u2014 in early May. The two sides have traded blame over the crossing\u2019s closure, even as aid has piled up on the Egyptian side. After U.S. pressure, Egypt announced on Friday that it had agreed to divert trucks through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, which is roughly two miles from the Rafah crossing, as a temporary measure.<\/p>\n

Roughly 200 trucks carrying food and other aid from Egypt were set to enter Gaza on Sunday via Kerem Shalom, according to Ahmad Ezzat, an Egyptian Red Crescent official. COGAT, an Israeli military agency that oversees Palestinian civilian affairs, could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

The quantity of food, water and medicines reaching Gazans has plummeted since the war began nearly eight months ago. As a result, the United Nations and aid groups have been warning of widespread hunger in the enclave and urging Israel to open more routes for aid to enter. But in recent weeks, aid shipments into Gaza through the two main land conduits<\/a> have been interrupted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n