Israel’s government will authorize Egypt’s entry of limited amounts of humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday.
According to the same source, the decision was approved following a request from the President of the United States, Joe Biden, during a visit to Israel.
In a statement, Israel’s executive branch has indicated that it “will not impede” the delivery of food, water and medicine as long as these goods do not reach the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which launched an attack on Israel on October 7 that killed more than 1,400, leading to a strong Israeli retaliation and a siege of the Gaza Strip. The note does not state that fuel is running low.
It was not clear when aid would enter the Gaza Strip through Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, which has limited capacity and has been damaged by Israeli airstrikes, according to Egypt.
Israel, which controls most entry points into Gaza, says it will not allow humanitarian aid to be sent through its territory to the poor Palestinian enclave controlled since 2007 by Hamas, a group classified by the United States as a terrorist organization is classified. European Union and Israel.
The Israeli government also demanded that the International Red Cross be allowed to visit kidnapped Israelis held hostage in Gaza.
Source: DN
