Egypt's Aid Efforts for Gaza: Facilitating Deliveries and Urging Israel to Spare Rafah Crossing

Egypt is facilitating aid flights for Gaza through an airport in northern Sinai, but Israeli bombardments around the border have hindered relief efforts. The Rafah crossing between Sinai and Gaza remains open, and Egypt has requested that Israel avoid targeting the Palestinian side of the crossing. Stocks of aid, medicine, and fuel in Gaza are running low. Al Arish airport in northern Sinai is prepared to receive aid deliveries from Qatar and Jordan, pending the establishment of humanitarian corridors. Talks between Egypt, the US, and others for a limited ceasefire to allow deliveries into Gaza are ongoing.