Aid
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Monday UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag.
The Chinese Embassy in Cairo announced Tuesday, the arrival of an aid shipment amounting to 450 tons of rice provided by the Chinese government to the port of Port Said, to be delivered to Gaza Strip.
Those are provided by Egyptian government and charity associations.
The Egyptian Red Crescent announced Tuesday the entry of 72 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and fuel to Gaza Strip through Rafah Border Crossing.
The Egyptian Air Force, in cooperation with its counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, intensified its sorties from Al-Arish Airport throughout the days of March 15 and 16, 2024, to carry out air drops of tons of food aid and urgent relief materials to the northern Gaza Strip.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said that his country will continue its work to strengthen joint Arab action.
The crossing is also receiving 41 injured Palestinians and their companions.
“Egypt has provided the largest amount of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip […] This is a humanitarian, moral and political duty to which we are committed,” he said in comments to the “DMC Evening” talk show on the DMC channel.
Egypt continues its efforts to ensure the implementation of urgent humanitarian aid to meet the basic needs of the Palestinian people.
Egypt dropped 50 tons of aid on northern and central Gaza Tuesday, according to military spokesperson Gharib Abdel Hafez.
That is in addition to 35 companions and 122 Palestinian-Egyptians.
An official source at the border stated that 13 foreigners, 150 people holding Egyptian passports, and 250 people holding residency permits entered through the crossing.
The injured Palestinians are transferred to 47 hospitals located across eight governorates.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received Tuesday U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received Thursday a phone call from his Iranian counterpart Hussein Amir Abdel Lahyan.
Minister Shokry raised the matter of the decision made by a number of countries to suspend funding to the UNRWA in the middle of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The minister highlighted that 53,000 pregnant Palestinian women in Gaza Strip lack basic healthcare services, and that 130 children had been orphaned.
Minister Shokry commended the role of Spain in backing the Palestinian Cause historically at the European Union (EU).
Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine al-Qabbaj received Tuesday UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag.
She has recently held the position in the aftermath of the issuance of the UNSC resolution no. 2720 a few weeks ago.
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