CAIRO, Egypt (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has said that Israeli bombardment of Gaza “goes beyond the right to self-defense”. “We must all take action to contain developments that may become uncontrollable regionally,” the Egyptian president said during discussions with visiting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, state ...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Egypt in support of war-torn Gaza on Friday, with large crowds flooding into Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, an AFP correspondent and Egyptian media said. The correspondent said several thousand packed into Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the 2011 uprising that toppled...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Trucks of international aid for Gaza should be rolling “in the next day or so”, the United Nations said Friday, with Palestinians desperate for life-saving supplies after sustained bombing from Israel. Some 175 lorries crammed with vital medicines, food, and water stretched into the distan...
Palestinian Territories-AFP US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a deal to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to enter war-torn Gaza, where one million people have fled their homes amid withering Israeli air strikes. After face-to-face talks in Israel and intense telephone diplomacy with Egypt, Biden said a limited number of tru...
AFP President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday Egypt did not close the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, which is the only one not under Israel’s control. In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he added, “the repeated bombings by Israel of the Palestinian side of the crossing have prevented operations.” Sisi al...
Rafah, Egypt – AFP Relief convoys which have been waiting for days in Egypt were Tuesday headed towards the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza, aid officials said. The blockaded territory has been under sustained Israeli bombardment since Hamas launched an onslaught against Israel on October 7. So far Egy...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths will be heading to the Middle East on Tuesday to try to help negotiate aid access to the Gaza Strip. In a video statement, Griffiths said he was hoping to hear some “good news” on aid access into the blockaded and besieged Palestinian enclave via the [&helli...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt and France’s foreign ministers urged the delivery of humanitarian aid and the exit of foreign nationals from the bombarded Gaza Strip, on the tenth day of war between Israel and Hamas. “Those who want to leave Gaza must be able to do so,” French foreign minister Catherine Colonna said, urging [&...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday that Gazans must “stay steadfast and remain on their land”, amid calls for Cairo to allow safe passage for civilians stuck in Gaza. The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza is the only passage in and out of the coastal enclave not controlled...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Jordan has sent a plane with humanitarian aid to Egypt for the Gaza Strip, which is under total lockdown and intense Israeli attacks. In a statement, the Hashemite Charity Foundation said: “A humanitarian aid plane carrying mostly medical supplies was sent to Gaza on the instructions of King Abdullah II of Jordan.” […]...
