Oct 18, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Cairo.
The office
of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will allow the entry
of aid stranded in Egypt to Gaza amid unrelenting Israeli strikes on the
enclave, which killed thousands of civilians.
Netanyahu’s office has not set a date for the aid entry but said Israel will “not thwart” the delivery of food, water and medicine to Gaza as long as they do not go to Hamas.
The Israeli
office said its approval of aid delivery comes as per a request by US President
Joe Biden, who made a solidarity visit to Israel on Wednesday.
Netanyahu's
office said Israel will not send aid until hostages are released.
Hundreds of
tons of aid have been stranded in Egypt’s North Sinai for days as Egypt
reported that Israeli airstrikes have damaged the area of the Rafah border
crossing from the Gazan side.
Egypt
received aid from Jordan, Turkey, UAE and Tunisia as well as the World Health
Organization (WHO). Also, Biden said in a press conference the US will provide
aid worth $100 million for Gaza and West Bank.
Meanwhile,
North Sinai Governor Mohamed Shosha said yesterday that aid provided by
Egyptian NGOs and entities have totaled 3,000 tons.
The aid
delivery to Gaza can mean the start of evacuation of third-country nationals
from the strip. On Saturday, informed sources affirmed that Egyptian
authorities have refused the evacuation of foreign residents from Gaza except
as part of an aid delivery agreement.
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Egypt Today