Egypt demands the opening of a border crossing with Gaza

According to the statement, the matter relates to the Rafah border crossing.

“The Rafah crossing is open and Egypt is not responsible for preventing third-country nationals from leaving,” Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote on Channel X.

However, this information has not been widely confirmed elsewhere.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, wrote a blog post about X Without mentioning the information that the transfer has been opened. But he writes about the humanitarian aid trucks in the area.

“We need to get them moving — as quickly as possible, and as many as needed.”

Guterres also wrote that “it is impossible to be at the Rafah border crossing and not feel the devastation.”

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also accuses Western media of unfairly holding Egypt responsible for the closure of the Rafah border crossing.

In a statement on Channel X, Ahmed Abu Zeid wrote that Israel should be blamed for its attacks on Rafah and its refusal to allow aid into Gaza, the Associated Press reported.

Ahmed Abu Zeid also accuses Israel of suggesting that Egypt prevented foreign nationals from leaving Gaza.

US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi had agreed to open a border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow the passage of about twenty humanitarian aid trucks.

About a hundred trucks were reported at or near the border crossing, according to the Associated Press.