2023-11-17 13:25:00
Written by Abdel Wahab El Gendy Friday, November 17, 2023 03:25 PM
The United States of America thanked the Egyptian authorities for their pioneering role in enabling the delivery of aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip Gaza.
The US Department of the Interior posted a tweet on the X website on Friday: “Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke by phone with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, where the two ministers discussed the situation in Gaza, and stressed the need to protect civilians, while rejecting the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.”
US State Department tweet
Sources revealed to Cairo News Channel, in breaking news, that Egyptian efforts succeeded in restoring the flow of trucks loaded with fuel to the Gaza Strip.
The sources confirmed on Friday that Egyptian pressure on all parties succeeded in increasing the volume of aid flowing to the Gaza Strip.
For his part, Mustafa Abdel Fattah, correspondent for Cairo News Channel, reported that the flow of fuel trucks had resumed through the Egyptian Rafah border crossing into the Gaza Strip.
Egypt has invited all countries and regional and international organizations wishing to provide humanitarian and relief aid to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, to alleviate their suffering and in response to their suffering as a result of the violent and continuous Israeli bombing, to deliver that aid to Al-Arish International Airport, which has been designated by the Egyptian authorities to receive humanitarian aid. International parties and various international organizations.
For his part, Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesman and Director of the Public Diplomacy Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Sameh Shukri, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received a phone call from Anthony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States of America, who discussed developments in the Gaza Strip crisis and international and regional efforts to deal with its serious humanitarian repercussions.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman stated, on Thursday, that the two ministers exchanged views on the deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in Gaza, where Minister Shukri stressed the necessity of implementing the Security Council resolution issued on November 15, especially establishing truces and humanitarian corridors and prioritizing the arrival of the necessary aid to the Strip, while clarifying that The primary goal should be focused on reaching a comprehensive ceasefire.
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