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Blinken says he is confident about the passage of aid from Egypt to Gaza

American Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that he was confident about the passage of humanitarian aid to Gaza, bombed relentlessly by Israel, a sine qua non condition posed by Egypt to help get Americans out of the Palestinian enclave.

“Rafah will be open,” he said, referring to the Egyptian terminal, Gaza’s only opening to the world not controlled by Israel. 

“We are setting up a mechanism with the UN, Egypt and Israel to deliver aid to those who need it,” he added during a visit to Cairo. 

Meanwhile, the first aid first shipments are waiting in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula for delivery.

(AFP)