Egypt.. Securing relief trucks through Rafah crossing to reach the Palestinian territories
Cairo - INA
The Egyptian authorities confirmed, on Wednesday, their continued efforts to support relief efforts for the Palestinian people by securing the passage of hundreds of trucks loaded with fuel, food, medicine and relief supplies daily through the Rafah crossing to reach the Palestinian territories, announcing their readiness to hold a conference to rebuild the sector.
North Sinai Governor Khaled Megawer confirmed to the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that "his country continues its efforts to overcome obstacles and provide logistical facilities to supervise the passage of more than 300 relief trucks daily, ten of which are designated for fuel."
Megawer said: "Egypt has intensified its efforts to secure the passage of hundreds of trucks daily from the Rafah land crossing," noting that "the next step during the coming week will be coordination between the Egyptian and Palestinian ministries of health to bring the wounded and injured through the Rafah land crossing to Egyptian hospitals," stressing "his country Egypt's readiness to hold an international conference to rebuild Gaza."
For his part, the Director of the Refugee Affairs Department, Abdul Rahman Nour El-Din, confirmed to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), "The continued passage of relief trucks through the Rafah crossing to the Palestinian territories."
In turn, the official spokesman for Al-Azhar Sheikhdom, Abdul Aleem Qishta, praised the Egyptian efforts with all its institutions and civil society organizations to pass and secure hundreds of trucks daily since the start of the decision to implement the first phase of the truce," explaining that "Egypt has intensified its logistical efforts to implement the agreement in the stages of the truce and provide logistical support and ensure the arrival of trucks from the Rafah crossing to the Palestinian territories."
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