Several trucks carrying aid to the Gaza Strip were still waiting outside the Egyptian gates to the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday, as an effort to get them through remained stalled.
The gates of the only crossing into Gaza not controlled by Israel remained shut following an Israeli strike on Monday that injured four Egyptian workers, Egyptian officials said, who added that Israeli airstrikes make it unsafe to open the border crossing.
Earlier Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said the country was continuing to receive humanitarian aid and was committed to transporting it to the strip.
Dozens of Egyptians staged a sit-in in front of the Rafah crossing on Wednesday to protest the displacement of Palestinians into Egypt and to call for humanitarian aid to be allowed into Gaza.
Persons:
Abdel Fattah Al Sisi
Locations:
Gaza, Rafah, Israel, Egypt