Horrible situation regarding the impossibility of aid.
The Guardian reports:
Rafah crossing not expected to open Friday - report
The Rafah crossing is not expected to open Friday for a convoy of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, CNN reported, citing multiple sources.
“I would not put money on those trucks going through tomorrow,” one source told the news outlet.
Egyptian state media earlier reported that the Rafah crossing with Egypt would be opened tomorrow to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. It comes after Israel, the White House and Egypt confirmed that limited aid will be allowed to travel into Gaza through the crossing.
The source told CNN that the situation is “really volatile” and that there are a lot of other details to make sure the aid is sustained, not a one off. They said:
These people have been waiting for food, for medicine and for water. If they’re told 20 trucks are coming in and we don’t know when is next it’s going to create a really dangerous situation. If I were in that situation, if I didn’t think there would be more trucks, I’d do everything I could to get what’s inside.
US officials now expect the first convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid will cross into Gaza from Egypt this weekend, possibly Saturday, the report says.
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Here’s more on the reports that the Rafah crossing may not open tomorrow for humanitarian aid to get to the Gaza Strip, despite earlier reports that Egypt was preparing to open its side of the crossing on Friday morning.
Amichai Stein of Kann News writes:
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