The cessation of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is connected to the threat posed to humanitarian work by Israel\u2019s military operation in the area, Egypt\u2019s foreign minister said on Monday.
\n\u201cNow there is a military presence on the outskirts of the Rafah crossing and military operations that put aid convoys and truck drivers in danger,\u201d Sameh Shoukry told reporters after meeting his Greek counterpart in Cairo.
\n\u201cThe procedures resulting from Israeli military operations affect the operation of the Rafah crossing,\u201d he said.
\nActivity has ceased at the Rafah crossing, which is positioned on Egypt\u2019s 13km (8 mile) border with the Gaza Strip, since Israel stepped up its military offensive and took operational control of the crossing from the Gazan side on May 7.
\nInternational aid deliveries have been stuck on the Egyptian side of the border, leading to worries that some of the food supplies will perish. Parts of Gaza are at risk of famine after more than seven months of war.
\nMuch of the aid delivered into Gaza since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in October has come through Egypt, entering Gaza through Rafah or the nearby Kerem Shalom crossing on Israel\u2019s border with the Palestinian territory.
\nShoukry repeated calls for Israel to open other land crossings to deliver aid. \u201cThere are closed military crossings that should be used if there is real humanitarian concern about what is happening in Gaza,\u201d he said.
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The cessation of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is due to the threat posed by Israel’s military operations in the area. Israel’s military offensive has caused activity to stop at the crossing since May 7, leaving international aid stuck on the Egyptian side of the border and raising concerns about food supplies perishing. Egypt’s foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, has called for Israel to open other land crossings to deliver aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[122,6814,7129,1024,2577,6432,5516,5592,2259,1978,4382,4164,1392,145,895,298,1235,187,299,1350,2121,1346,3504,10665,4371,10330,345,837,9139,4054,1846,4682,293,18],"class_list":["post-12513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-aid","tag-aid-deliveries","tag-border","tag-cairo","tag-concerns","tag-conflict","tag-danger","tag-deliveries","tag-egypt","tag-famine","tag-food","tag-food-supplies","tag-foreign-minister","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-strip","tag-hamas","tag-humanitarian","tag-international","tag-israel","tag-israeli-military","tag-land","tag-meeting","tag-military","tag-military-operation","tag-operation","tag-operations","tag-palestine","tag-rafah","tag-rafah-crossing","tag-risk","tag-threat","tag-truck","tag-war","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n