Guterres visits the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza to oversee preparations for the delivery of aid to the war-torn territory. Planes and cargo trucks have been bringing humanitarian aid to Rafah for days, but so far none has been delivered to the Gaza Strip, which Israel has besieged and bombed for 13 days. “We are actively engaging with all parties, with Egypt, Israel, the United States… to get these trucks moving as soon as possible,” Guterres told reporters on Friday. Rafah is the only crossing into the blockaded Palestinian territory that is not controlled by Israel, which agreed to allow aid in following a request from the United States. This Friday, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said the first delivery of aid through the Rafah crossing should take place “in the next day or so.” Maybe you could go ahead.