Shukri: Israel’s management of the Rafah crossing places help vans in peril

Egypt – Egyptian Overseas Minister Sameh Shoukry warned yesterday, Monday, of Israel’s restrictions on bringing help into the Gaza Strip, noting that Tel Aviv’s management of the Rafah land crossing put help vans in peril.

Shoukry’s statements got here throughout a dialogue session adopted by a press convention along with his Greek counterpart, Georgios Gerapetritis, in Athens, the place he arrived on Sunday for an indefinite go to, in accordance with two official sources.

The Egyptian Overseas Ministry mentioned that the discussions session handled methods to “improve bilateral cooperation, whereas the Palestinian difficulty occupied a major a part of the discussions.”

Shoukry confused, “Egypt is relying on the hoped-for function of Greece to push inside the European Union the need of reaching a everlasting ceasefire in Gaza, and to work in parallel to handle the repercussions of the humanitarian disaster within the Gaza Strip.”

The Egyptian minister confused “Egypt’s full rejection of Israel’s management of the Rafah crossing (from the Palestinian facet on Might 7), which led to stopping the entry of humanitarian help to civilians within the Gaza Strip.”

He additionally expressed Cairo’s rejection of any navy operation inside the town of Rafah.

In a press convention following the talks, Shoukry confused that “relations between Egypt and Greece are primarily based on mutual respect, non-interference, and the pursuit of safety, stability and good neighbourliness, which opens areas of cooperation amongst all nations of the area,” in accordance with the Egyptian Information Company.

Relating to the navy operation in Rafah, he identified that “the Israeli navy presence on the outskirts of the Rafah crossing and the navy actions on the Palestinian facet of the crossing put help convoys and truck drivers in peril.”

He identified that “the restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities have affected the secure entry and exit of humanitarian employees to and from the Gaza Strip.”

He confused that “Israeli navy operations have an effect on the operation of the Rafah crossing.”

Since Might 6, Israel has been finishing up in Rafah what it claims is a “restricted navy operation,” and the subsequent day it introduced management over the Palestinian facet of the crossing. Which prompted it to be closed to humanitarian help.

The assault on Rafah prompted the displacement of a whole lot of hundreds of Palestinians from the town, which was house to about 1.5 million, together with about 1.4 million displaced individuals.

On Monday, the Palestinian Ministry of Well being within the Gaza Strip introduced in a press release that the variety of victims of the Israeli battle had risen to “35,562 martyrs and 79,652 accidents” since final October 7.

Israel continues the battle regardless of the issuance of a decision by the UN Safety Council to cease the combating instantly, and likewise regardless of the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice demanding speedy measures to stop acts of genocide and enhance the humanitarian scenario in Gaza.

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