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Days of Palestine
30-07-2025
- Politics
- Days of Palestine
Gaza Emergency Committee: Egyptian Statements on Aid Inaccurate, Whitewash Grave Humanitarian Failure
DaysofPal- The Central Emergency Committee in the Gaza Strip strongly criticized the 'misleading media reports' from official Egyptian sources regarding the volume of humanitarian aid and medical evacuations from Gaza. In a press statement today, the committee asserted that 'these statements do not reflect reality at all; rather, they contribute to misinforming public opinion and whitewashing a painful and severe failure to meet even the minimum needs of over two million people suffering under siege and relentless bombardment in Gaza.' It added that announcements about the daily entry of hundreds of aid trucks through the Rafah Crossing are 'not grounded in facts and do not match what is being documented on the ground by municipalities across the Strip.' As for the medical evacuations, the committee said they are 'highly exaggerated in official narratives and cover only a tiny fraction of the wounded and sick,' describing the process as 'slow, complex, and humiliating to the collective dignity of the people.' The statement highlighted that 'tens of thousands of patients and injured individuals, including children and people with critical disabilities, are still being left to face their fate in scenes that history itself would be ashamed to record.' The committee described recent Egyptian remarks about 'efforts to alleviate suffering' as nothing more than 'justifications for the failure to fulfill a basic humanitarian, moral, and Arab duty toward the people of Gaza, who are enduring total catastrophe: no clean water, no electricity, no functioning infrastructure, no adequate food for children, the sick, and the displaced, while cemeteries are overflowing with the bodies of the innocent.' In its message to the Egyptian authorities, the Emergency Committee called for an immediate and unconditional reopening of the Rafah Crossing to allow the flow of aid and essential supplies. It demanded the cancellation of the current complex and degrading coordination procedures that are obstructing the entry of ambulances, medical supplies, and the fuel needed to run life-saving generators. The committee also urged full transparency regarding the actual number of people and aid trucks entering and leaving Gaza, rather than manufacturing an illusion of solidarity. Furthermore, it appealed for a genuine national and Arab responsibility to replace hollow media statements that neither feed the hungry nor save the wounded. The Emergency Committee emphasized its refusal 'to be used as a cover for statements that distort the truth,' and affirmed it 'will not remain silent in the face of this organized abandonment of a besieged people being exterminated before the world's eyes.' The statement concluded with a direct call to Cairo: 'It is time for Egypt, with all its weight and stature, to move beyond 'neutral mediation' to a decisive moral stance in support of devastated Gaza. This is its natural role, its national duty, and the position all Palestinians and Arabs are waiting for.' Shortlink for this post:
Saba Yemen
30-07-2025
- Health
- Saba Yemen
Gaza Central Emergency Committee denies media reports of hundreds of trucks entering Rafah Crossing
Gaza – Saba: The Central Emergency Committee in the Gaza Strip today denied media statements issued by some official Egyptian entities claiming that hundreds of trucks had entered the Strip, along with extensive medical evacuations and urgent humanitarian services. In a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the committee stressed that these reports 'do not reflect reality at all' and only contribute to misleading public opinion and 'beautifying a painful and severe failure' to meet even the minimum needs of the Strip. The committee clarified that the reported numbers 'do not exist on the ground,' and the talk of hundreds of trucks entering daily through the Rafah crossing 'is baseless and inconsistent with the field observations of Gaza municipalities.' It further noted that medical evacuations are being exaggerated in media statements, while in reality, they cover only a very small percentage of the wounded and sick and are carried out through 'complicated and slow mechanisms that resemble collective humiliation.' 'There are tens of thousands of patients and wounded, including children and those with critical disabilities, still left to face their fate in scenes history will be ashamed to document,' the committee said. It added that recent Egyptian statements about so-called 'efforts to alleviate suffering' are essentially an attempt to justify 'failure to fulfill a humanitarian, moral, and Arab duty toward the people of Gaza, who are living through a complete catastrophe.' 'There is no clean water, no electricity, no functioning infrastructure, no sufficient food for children, the sick, and the displaced, and cemeteries are overflowing with the bodies of innocents,' the committee stated. The committee called on Egyptian authorities for the immediate and unconditional opening of the Rafah crossing to allow the entry of essential aid and life-saving supplies and to end the 'complex and humiliating coordination' that obstructs the entry of ambulances, medical supplies, and the fuel needed to operate generators. It also demanded the publication of real figures for those entering and exiting Gaza through Rafah instead of 'creating the illusion of solidarity,' and called for a true assumption of Arab national responsibility instead of 'issuing media statements that neither feed the hungry nor save the wounded.' 'We refuse to be used as cover for statements that distort the truth and will not remain silent in the face of this organized betrayal of a besieged people being exterminated in full view of the world,' the committee declared. The statement concluded: 'It is time for Egypt—with all its weight and stature—to move from the logic of 'neutral mediation' to a decisive moral position alongside stricken Gaza, as this is its natural place, its national duty, and the role Palestinians and all Arabs expect of it.' Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
