Egypt’s foreign minister calls on Israel to open its land crossings to let more aid into the Gaza Strip.
“Israel controls six other crossings that it should open,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said at a news conference during a visit to Cairo by his Spanish counterpart.
“There is a long line of trucks waiting to enter but are subject to the procedures of vetting that must be complied to so that the trucks can enter safely, that the drivers are not targeted, that they are received on the other side,” Shoukry said.
“We have the capacity to increase the number of trucks, but the authorisation has to come,” he added.
Egypt, which fears the displacement of Palestinians crowded near its border with Gaza if Israel carries through with its threatened ground offensive on Rafah, has previously said Israel was blocking aid.
source: AlJazeera
