Egypt will not stand idly by in face of devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, source – Egypt Today

Egypt will not stand idly by in face of devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, source – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 24 May 2024: A high-level source said that Egypt will not stand idly by in the face of the devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza

The source added that Egypt is keen to alleviate the impact of the lack of aid by bringing it in through the Kerem Shalom crossing until the Rafah crossing returns to operating normally according to an agreed-upon mechanism.

‘Egypt is keen on the Palestinian issue and insists on not accepting the fait accompli policy that the other side is trying to impose’, the source said

It was added that the Rafah crossing is an Egyptian-Palestinian crossing, and Egypt will re-enter aid through a mechanism to be agreed upon in coordination with the Palestinian Authority.

The source said that Egypt will continue to confront any attempts to liquidate the Palestinian issue or isolate the Gaza Strip from the world.

It was stressed that Egypt and the US agreed to temporarily bring in aid from the Kerem Shalom crossing, based on Egypt’s keenness to alleviate the aid shortage and to quickly find temporary solutions to bring fuel into the Gaza Strip to operate the hospitals that have stopped working.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi received on Friday a phone call from