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A general view shows the interiors of what the Israeli military say is a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel, on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip border near Kissufim January 18, 2018. After the last round of hostilities in 2021, Hamas's leader in Gaza, Yehya Al-Sinwar, said: "They started saying they destroyed 100kms of Hamas tunnels. Tunneling became easier in 2005 when Israel pulled its soldiers and settlers out of Gaza, and when Hamas won power in a 2006 election. Although the military tunnels remained off-limits to outside eyes, during that era Gaza smugglers would show off their scarcely concealed commercial tunnels under the Rafah border. Israeli sources said what awaits them is formidable and they faced an enemy that has regrouped and learned from previous Israeli operations in 2014 and 2021.

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According to the United Nations, there are now some 5.9 million Palestinian refugees worldwide, most of them descendants of that 1948 generation of exiles. The struggle of the Palestinians is felt especially keenly in Jordan, where more than half of the population is either Palestinian or of Palestinian descent – including more than two million Palestinian refugees. But that passion for the Palestinian cause resonates across the Arab world that is home to more than 450 million people. Young people from across the Arab world have chanted the very same rallying cries their parents and grandparents chanted before them. Leon Neal/Getty Images“For much of the Arab world, the question of Palestine represents the last colonized Arab people trying to gain their freedom,” said H.A.

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☆ Egypt's Sisi says Cairo playing positive role in de-escalating Gaza crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Egypt has taken an active role in negotiating access to aid for people in Gaza through the Rafah crossing, which it shares with Gaza, as well as in negotiations for hostage releases, while advocating for a ceasefire in the conflict. "You have this capability to defend yourself ... never let anger or fervour cause you to overstep," he said. Speaking with Macron, Sisi said both leaders had agreed that any move to displace Gazans into Egypt's Sinai peninsula - a move he had previously warned that Egypt would not bear - would be "extremely dangerous." The two men agreed to work to contain the crisis and prevent other actors from entering the fray, Sisi said. Reporting by Nafisa Eltahir and Nayera Abdallah; Additional reporting by Clauda Tanios; Writing by Ahmed Elimam and Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Toby Chopra, Deborah Kyvrikosaios and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Emmanuel Macron, Nafisa Eltahir, Nayera Abdallah, Clauda Tanios, Ahmed Elimam, Toby Chopra, Deborah Kyvrikosaios, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Thomson Locations: Suez, Cairo, Gaza, Egypt, Egyptian, CAIRO, Israel, Rafah, Egypt's

☆ More than 100 detained in Egypt after pro-Palestinian protests- lawyers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

People take part in a protest in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at al-Azhar Mosque in Old Cairo, Egypt, October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCAIRO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - At least 100 people were arrested in Egypt after taking part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations late last week, though some have subsequently been released, lawyers working on the cases said on Tuesday. State-approved protests against Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip were held at several locations in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt on Friday. However, some protesters in Cairo walked to Tahrir Square - the centre of Egypt's 2011 uprising - which was not among the sites approved for the pro-Palestinian demonstration. Unauthorised public protests are banned in Egypt, and Tahrir Square, which was redesigned several years ago, is heavily monitored by security services because of its symbolic status.

Persons: Azhar, Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Nabeh Elganadi, Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Ahmed Tantawy, Elganadi, Belal Habib, Tantawy, Adam Makary, Farah Saafan, Aidan Lewis, Emelia Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, ., Judicial, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, al, Old Cairo, Egypt, Rights CAIRO, Gaza, Cairo, Tahrir, Alexandria

Shadi Tabatibi/Reuters Relatives mourn for a family killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 21. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Palestinians inspect a destroyed area following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on October 21. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12. Ramez Mahmoud/AP A plume of smoke rises in the sky over Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on October 9.

Persons: David Schenker, Joe Biden, Ghaith, Omari Lloyd Wolf, Washington Institute David Schenker Lloyd Wolf, Biden, —, It’s, Abdel Fattah el, Mai Yaghi, Mohammed Zaanoun, Yam Goldstein, Nadav, Ariel Schalit, Jalaa Marey, Said Khatub, Leon Neal, Hatem Moussa, Nir Oz, Wolfgang Schwan, Yousef Masoud, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Shadi Tabatibi, Ali Jadallah, Belal al Sabbagh, Mohammed Saber, Khan, Rizek Abdeljawad, Ahmad Gharabli, Janis Laizans, Abed Khaled, Mohammed Dahman, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Yasser Qudih, Ofir Libstein, Aza, Ronen Zvulun, Belal Khaled, Abed Rahim Khatib, Hod, Ayal Margolin, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Brendan Smialowski, Netanyahu, Kenny Holston, Mohammed Abed, Kfar Aza, Ilia Yefimovich, Mustafa Hassona, Mahmoud Khaled, Samar Abu, Fatima Shbair, Dor Reder, Violeta Santos Moura, Shir Torem, Wahaj Bani Moufleh, Antonio Macías, Macías, Francisco Seco, Eli Albag, Liri, Mohammed Talatene, Sergey Ponomarev, Hatem Ali, Dor Kedmi, Mahmud Hams, Saher, Abraham Cohen, Valentin Ghnassia, Ghnassia, Yuri Cortez, Ibrahim Hams, Bashar Taleb, Baz Ratner, Jack Guez, Yahya Hassouna, Mapal Adam, Abed Zagout, Tamir Kalifa, Agha, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters Itzik, Miriam Shafir, Dor Shafir, Savion Kiper, Maya Alleruzzo, Mohammed Salem, CNN Sergey Ponomarev, Eden Guez, Atef Safadi, Ohad, Mohammed Soboh, Said, Noam Elimeleh Rothenberg, Amir Cohen, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Oren Ziv, Majdi, Ramez Mahmoud, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Oded, Khan Younis, Ahmad Hasballah, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Tsafrir, Ilan Rosenberg, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, Al, “, I’ve, Trump, Mubarak, Israel Organizations: Washington Institute for Near East, Palestine Liberation Organization, Washington Institute, Eastern Affairs, CNN, Gaza, Getty, Pictures, Tel Aviv University, AP, New York Times, Reuters, Reuters Civil, AP Rockets, AP Israel's, Regional, Al, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Israel's, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli, Ben Gurion International, Shifa, Palestinian, West Bank, Aris Messinis, Haim, Mount, Mount Herzl Military, Nova, Anadolu Agency, Nova Festival, Ben Gurion, Rockets, United Nations, Reuters Police, Reuters Rockets, Human Rights Watch, Israel, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Israel, Egypt, Gaza, Cairo, Western, Rafah, —, Washington, Sinai, AFP, Kibbutz Shefayim, Israeli, Lebanon, Tel Aviv, Deir al, Anadolu, Khan Younis, Europe, Zahra City, Gaza City, Xinhua, East Jerusalem, Ras, Israel's, Yehuda, Aqsa, Hod HaSharon, Kiryat Shmona, Al, Ahli, Sderot, Gan, Kfar, North Sinai, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Beit Kama, Haifa, Cyprus, Nablus, West, Kfar Saba, Be'eri, Rehovot, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Kibbutz Be'eri, Modiin Maccabim, Kfar Aza, Ashkelon, Mount Herzel, Yassin, Palestinian, Beitar Ilit, Ramat Gan, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion

They were addressing a hastily arranged gathering dubbed the Cairo Peace Summit that included leaders and foreign ministers from Europe, Africa and beyond. More than 4,100 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's counteroffensive, amid a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Arab countries have voiced anger at Israel's unprecedented bombardment and siege of Gaza, home to 2.3 million people and one of the most densely populated places on earth. Shortly before the summit opening, trucks loaded with humanitarian aid began entering the Rafah crossing into Gaza. Egypt has been trying for days to channel humanitarian relief to Gaza through the crossing, the one access point not controlled by Israel.

Persons: Mutasem, Abbas, Jordan's Abdullah, Israel's, Jordan's King Abdullah, Mahmoud Abbas, Olaf Scholz, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, King Abdullah, Jordan, William Maclean, Tomasz Janowski, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Cairo Peace Summit, European Union, West Bank, British, Israel, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza City, Jordan's Abdullah CAIRO, Gaza, Cairo, Europe, Africa, United States, Israel's, Gaza ., Egypt's, Sinai, Egypt

☆ UK foreign minister Cleverly calls for restraint from Israeli military
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi greets British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly during the Cairo international summit for peace in the Middle East, in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), east of Cairo, Egypt, October 21, 2023 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreLONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Saturday he had spoken to the Israeli government about its duty to respect international law and to preserve civilian lives in Gaza, and for its military to show restraint. "Despite the incredibly difficult circumstances, I have called for discipline and professionalism and restraint from the Israeli military," he added. Cleverly said the international community needed to work to prevent the situation in Gaza provoking a regional conflict, saying it was what Hamas wanted. "We have a duty, a duty to work together to prevent instability from engulfing the region, and claiming yet more lives," Cleverly said.

Persons: Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, James, Michael Holden, Toby Chopra Organizations: British, New Administrative Capital, Cairo Peace Summit, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Cairo, New, Egypt, Egyptian, Gaza, Israel

☆ Egypt’s Sisi Warns Against Gaza Exodus
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“I want to reaffirm to the world, in clear and unambiguous terms, and in a sincere expression of the will of all Egyptian people, one by one, that the liquidation of the Palestinian cause, without a just solution, will not happen,” Sisi said in a speech to a summit of leaders from the Middle East and other parts of the world. “In any case, it will not happen at the expense of Egypt, ever.”

Persons: ” Sisi, ” Locations: Egypt

☆ Why Jordan and Egypt are saying 'no' to accepting Palestinian refugees from Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Jordan and Egypt have said they won't take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza. AdvertisementAdvertisement"There will be no refugees in Jordan and no refugees in Egypt," said Jordanian King Abdullah II this week, declaring it a "red line" that would not be crossed. It is also the country that hosts the largest number of Palestinian refugees, according to Amnesty International. Not being seen as complicit in Palestinian displacement"Palestinians themselves, of course, are very wary about fleeing to Egypt, because 70% of the population of Gaza are refugees," said Doyle. Many of the Palestinians who live in Jordan, Egypt, and elsewhere in the region first arrived there after being displaced in 1948, or following the Six-Day War in 1967.

Persons: Jordan, —, Israel's retaliations, King Abdullah II, Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, Hasan Al Momani, Al Momani, Chris Doyle, Doyle, there's, Lex Takkenberg, Mustafa Bakri, Abdel Fattah el, Sisi, Takkenberg Organizations: East, Service, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Egypt's, Foreign Affairs, University of Jordan, West Bank, United Nations, Refugees, Amnesty, Council, Arab, UN, Democracy and, Saudi, Al, Al Arabiya TV, of America News, ISIS Locations: Egypt, Gaza, Israel, Jordan, Gaza City, Rafah, British, United States, Sinai, Al Arabiya, Sisi, Cairo

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament as he attends the reopening of the Turkish parliament after the summer recess in Ankara, Turkey, October 1, 2023. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged governments worldwide to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region. It has offered to mediate and has sent humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip that is stuck in Egypt because borders are closed. Erdogan also said Ankara was working to end the fighting before it reached "a point of no return". Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Friday criticized Wednesday's visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to Israel.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Erdogan, Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Hakan Fidan, Wednesday's, Joe Biden, Israel, Biden, Fidan, Jonathan Oatis, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Gaza, Twitter, U.S, America, Thomson Locations: Turkish, Ankara, Turkey, Handout, Rights ANKARA, Israel, Gaza, Egypt

☆ Protests across Mideast as US’ Arab allies warn against pushing Palestinians out
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Protests erupted around the Arab world on Friday as the Gaza war raged and an Israeli ground operation with the potential to displace millions of Palestinians loomed. In a sign of the growing anger over the Israeli operation in Gaza, Egypt sanctioned its first major nationwide protest in a decade. Amman and Cairo have sounded alarms over what they perceive as a plan to transfer Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank to Egypt and Jordan. The West Bank, however, remains occupied and the previous right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would advance plans to extend its jurisdiction to the West Bank. The Palestinians want to establish an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza.

Persons: Annie Sakkab, Antony Blinken, Azhar, Omar Zoheiry, Amal, Young, Joe Biden, ”, Israel, Abdel Fattah el, Ayman Mohsab, Sisi, ” Sisi, Ayman Safadi, Al Jazeera, ” Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Jordan, Olaf Scholz Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Bloomberg, Getty, Louk, AP, United, Reuters, Israel, Arab Affairs Committee, Al, Israeli, National Unity Party, Palestinian Authority, Cairo Peace, United Arab, United Nations Locations: Gaza, Israeli, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Israel, Amman , Jordan, Rafah, Cairo’s, Cairo, Bab el, Tahrir, al, Old Cairo, Beirut, Lebanese, Iran, Iraq’s, Baghdad, United States, Amman, ‘, Jordanian, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Italy, Greece

☆ Egypt peace summit may struggle to foster unity on Gaza conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Israeli soldiers patrol an area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 19, 2023. The hastily-convened Cairo Peace Summit as the conflict still rages will bring together several Arab and European heads of state and government, alongside foreign ministers. They will meet as Israel readies a ground assault on Gaza following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that killed 1,400 people. More than 4,100 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's counteroffensive, amid a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The summit is scheduled to be opened by the Egyptian president at 10 a.m. Saturday (0700 GMT).

Persons: Amir Cohen, Zhai Jun, Mikhail Bogdanov, Olaf Scholz, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Charles Michel, Josep Borrell, Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Jordan's King Abdullah, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden's, William Maclean, Edmund Blair, Philippa Fletcher, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Cairo Peace Summit, British, EU, European, Israel, U.S, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel's, Gaza, Israel, Egypt, U.S, Cairo, China, Middle, Russia, United States, EU, Washington, Lebanon, Iranian, Rafah, Sinai

☆ Analysis: The US is dangerously close to being pulled into a Middle East war as it supports Israel's campaign against Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Ben Wedeman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Gaza may be where the war is happening now, but across the Middle East the warning lights of more trouble to come are blinking red. All the while the US is airlifting massive amounts of ammunition and equipment to help the Israeli war effort. Protests against Israel and USAs the war in Gaza rages, the Middle East is seething with anger. The American carrier groups just over the horizon are there to deter Iran, Hezbollah and others from going too far.

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☆ Cairo Peace Summit on Gaza conflict: who will attend?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Members of the military stand guard as people take part in a protest in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Old Cairo, Egypt, October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany Acquire Licensing RightsOct 20 (Reuters) - Egypt is planning to host an international conference on Saturday to discuss the escalating war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. The list of attendees expected so far at the Cairo Peace Summit include:Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-SisiPalestinian President Mahmoud AbbasJordanian King AbdullahBahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al KhalifaKuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-SabahItalian Prime Minister Giorgia MeloniSpanish Prime Minister Pedro SanchezGreek Prime Minister Kyriakos MitsotakisCypriot President Nikos ChristodoulidesSouth African President Cyril RamaphosaGerman Foreign Minister Annalena BaerbockFrench Foreign Minister Catherine ColonnaJapanese Foreign Minister Yoko KamikawaBritish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs James CleverlyNorwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth EideUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio GuterresEuropean Council President Charles MichelEuropean Union foreign policy chief Josep BorrellReporting by Reuters bureaus; Editing by Edmund Blair, Gareth Jones and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Egyptians Protest in Support of Palestinians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Menna Farouk | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Protests took place across Egypt, including in Cairo, as Egyptians pushed for Palestinian rights and rallied in support of their government's stance on the conflict, according to live video footage by Al Qahera. The Egyptian state-run TV channel broadcasted demonstrations in nine governorates, as well as in several locations in the capital. They also chanted in support of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who has resisted the idea of allowing people from Gaza through the border to Egypt. Protests are planned elsewhere in the Middle East. Protests are also planned in Jordan.

Persons: Al Qahera, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Moqtada al, Sadr Locations: Egypt, Cairo, Gaza, Jordan

☆ Jordan fears 'the worst is coming' in Gaza war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Suleiman Al-Khalidi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock following a meeting, in Amman, Jordan October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni Acquire Licensing RightsAMMAN, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Jordan's foreign minister said on Thursday the country feared the worst was yet to come in the Israel-Hamas war, with no signs of success in efforts to de-escalate tensions. "The decision to end the war is not with us, it's with Israel and we must exert all efforts to end it," Safadi said. Fears of a widening war also cast a shadow on a meeting between Jordan's King Abdullah and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday in Cairo. "We won't allow Israel to export the crisis it created to Jordan," Safadi said.

Persons: Ayman Safadi, Annalena Baerbock, Al Sukhni, Safadi, Jordan's King Abdullah, Abdel Fattah al, Israel, Jordan, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Deepa Babington Organizations: Jordan's, German, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, West Bank, Jordan, Thomson Locations: Amman, Jordan, Israel, Gaza, Cairo

☆ Mo Salah: Liverpool and Egypt star calls for humanitarian aid to be allowed into Gaza ‘immediately’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Liverpool and Egypt star Mo Salah has called for humanitarian aid to be allowed into Gaza “immediately” and called on world leaders to help put an end to the fighting. What is clear now is humanitarian aid to Gaza must be allowed immediately. Steve Bardens/Getty ImagesOn Monday, the Egyptian Red Crescent, a charity that provides medical services and humanitarian aid, confirmed that Salah had made a donation to help its relief efforts in Gaza. “Thank you, Mohamed Salah, for his donation to support the people of the Gaza Strip,” the charity wrote on Facebook. Salah and Liverpool face Everton at home in the Merseyside Derby on Saturday.

Persons: Mo Salah, Gaza “, Joe Biden, Abdel Fattah el, Israel, ” Salah, Steve Bardens, Salah, Mohamed Salah Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Health Ministry, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Brighton & Hove Albion, Premier League, Facebook, Champions League, FA, Liverpool, Everton, Merseyside Derby Locations: Liverpool, Egypt, Gaza, Israel, Al, Ahli, Merseyside

☆ World Health Organization: Trucks Are Loaded and Ready to Go
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The head of the World Health Organization welcomed Israel's announcement that it wouldn't block entry of water, food and medicine into Gaza through Egypt, and called on Israel to allow fuel into the enclave as well. "Fuel is also needed for hospital generators, ambulances and desalination plants," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news briefing on Thursday. Damage to the border between Gaza and Egypt has delayed the passage of aid into the enclave, after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi told President Biden he would allow aid through. "Our trucks are loaded and ready to go," Ghebreyesus said. "We are working with the Egypt and Palestine Red Crescent Societies to deliver our supplies into Gaza as soon as the Rafah crossing is opened, hopefully tomorrow."

Persons: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Biden, Ghebreyesus Organizations: World Health Organization, WHO, Palestine Red Crescent Societies Locations: Gaza, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Rafah

☆ Human Rights Watch Says Pledge to Allow Aid to Gaza Falls Short
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“Israel’s bombardment and unlawful total blockade of Gaza mean that countless wounded and sick children, among many other civilians, will die for want of medical care,” Bill Van Esveld, associate children’s rights director at the rights group said in a statement. Electricity, food and fuel supplies into the Palestinian enclave from Israel were stopped after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas militants from Gaza. President Biden said Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi agreed to open the gates to the Rafah border crossing, where trucks carrying aid to the Gaza Strip have been waiting. Biden said up to 20 trucks of humanitarian assistance to Gaza will be allowed through.

Persons: Bill Van Esveld, Biden, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rafah

☆ Leaders of Jordan and Egypt Set to Meet to Discuss Israel-Gaza Conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Arab officials have said that regional leaders fear domestic anger could turn toward them, if they don't do enough to prevent further strikes by Israel on the Palestinian enclave. Abdullah and Sisi cancelled a planned meeting with President Biden and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that was set for Wednesday. That came after a blast at a hospital in Gaza that Palestinian officials said killed hundreds and which they blamed on Israel. Israel said the explosion was the result of a misfired rocket belonging to Gaza militants and the U.S. said its evidence backed up that version of events. The number of casualties from the blast couldn't be independently verified.

Persons: Sisi, Biden, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Locations: Israel, Abdullah, Gaza, U.S

☆ What's Stopping Aid Getting Into Gaza?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Before leaving Israel on Wednesday, President Biden said he spoke by phone with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi who agreed to open his country's border crossing with Gaza. Doing so would allow roughly 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, Biden said. But officials in Gaza say they haven't been notified about when the aid would arrive or how it would be distributed. There is also the question of damaged roads around the Rafah border crossing, which has suffered four strikes since the war began. The capacity of 20 trucks amounts to about one eighth of what aid workers estimate is required to meet the needs of 1.7 million people now gathered in southern Gaza.

Persons: Biden, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi Organizations: Israel, Wednesday Locations: Gaza, Rafah

☆ Egypt agrees to allow first aid trucks into Gaza as it reels from hospital blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday, October 18. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images A view shows the aftermath of a deadly blast that struck Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Abed Khaled/AP Bodies of Palestinians killed in the blast at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital lie in front of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 17. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza on October 16. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12.

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☆ China's Xi, seeking end to Israel-Hamas conflict, calls for ceasefire and two-state solution
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A two-state solution to establish an independent Palestine is the “fundamental way out” of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Xi Jinping said Thursday in the Chinese leader’s first public comments on the war since it broke out nearly two weeks ago. Xi also praised Egypt for playing an “important role” in cooling tensions, adding that China supports its efforts to let in humanitarian aid to Gaza, CCTV reported. Israel’s subsequent bombardment and siege of Gaza has killed some 3,500 Palestinians, including hundreds of children, according to local health authorities. Hours before Biden landed in Israel, Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing for the Belt and Road Forum. During their meeting, the two leaders discussed the conflict in the Middle East, which Putin said was a “common threat” that brought Russia and China closer together.

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☆ Egypt repairing roads at Gaza crossing ahead of aid delivery
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egyptian NGOs for Palestinians, wait for the reopening of the Rafah crossing at the Egyptian side, to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 17, 2023. More aid is being held in the Egyptian city of Al Arish, about 45 km (28 miles) from Rafah. Western governments have been negotiating for the evacuation of foreign passport holders from Gaza, something Egyptian officials have conditioned on aid getting in. It said it would continue a blockade of humanitarian aid from Israel into Gaza until hostages held by Hamas were returned. Israel and Egypt have upheld a blockade of Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory in 2007, tightly controlling the movement goods and people.

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☆ Biden snubbed by Middle East allies as Arab world seethes over Gaza hospital blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority canceled a planned meeting with Biden less than 24 hours before he was supposed to meet them for a four-way summit in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on Wednesday. The cancellation followed a massive blast in Gaza’s Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital that reportedly killed hundreds of Palestinians. Palestinian officials blamed Israel for the hospital blast, while Israeli officials said it was caused by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket. Egypt on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for the Gaza hospital victims. Israel ruled Gaza from 1967 to 2005 and it settled Jews there during that period.

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