US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the Rafah checkpoint on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip should be kept open. Blinken’s message published On the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.
“We call on all parties to keep the Rafah border gate open to allow the continued flow of aid necessary for the well-being of the people of Gaza,” the Foreign Minister said.
The official added that the United States welcomed the arrival of the 20-truck convoy carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. He believes this will begin to solve the humanitarian crisis that leaves Palestinians in the region without adequate food, water, medicine and shelter.
Blinken also credited the United States for the opening of the humanitarian corridor, saying that it was the result of US President Joe Biden’s talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman added that the radical Palestinian group Hamas should not interfere with the provision of humanitarian aid.
It was learned on the afternoon of October 21 through the Rafah checkpoint, which was opened in the morning on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. was kidnapped humanitarian aid, but not fuel.
Previously reportedIt is stated that more than 200 trucks carrying humanitarian aid are waiting to pass through the Egyptian checkpoint.