WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House said Thursday it remains “concerned” about “limited” aid operations for those in the Gaza Strip. Spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre described the situation as “dire” and said more aid needs to get into the Palestinian enclave that has been under relentless Israeli attacks ...
Jewish settlers stopped aid trucks headed to Gaza and scattered the supplies on the road. The food crisis and hunger in Gaza due to Israel’s war on the region are worsening each day. The number of aid trucks entering has significantly decreased due to Israeli occupation and closure of the Rafah Border Crossing. As well, […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian groups have strongly rejected any foreign party controlling the Rafah border crossing, a day after the Israeli army occupied it. In a statement, the Follow-up Committee for National and Islamic Forces, which includes the majority of Palestinian groups, said regardless of the accuracy of the reports...
Washington, United States – AFP The White House said Tuesday that Israel must reopen Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Israel sent tanks into the southern Gaza city of Rafah and seized control of the crossing, a key aid passage, while warning it will deepen its operation if truce talks fail to secure the release […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said that the Rafah border crossing remains closed because of a “security circumstance.” “Our understanding is that given a security circumstance that brought the border closing, Rafah border crossing remains closed today,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters on Wednesday. “But this ...
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 [&...
