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Egypt hails deal, calls for ‘accelerating’ humanitarian aid into Gaza
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A truck with humanitarian supplies makes its way to the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, January 6, 2025. (COGAT)
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi stresses the “importance of accelerating the entry of urgent humanitarian aid” into Gaza as he welcomes a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Sissi, whose government helped negotiate the truce, says the deal came after “strenuous efforts over more than a year of Egyptian, Qatari and US mediation.”
Meanwhile, the chief of the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees also calls for “rapid and unhindered” aid access to Gaza once the deal begins.
“What’s needed is rapid, unhindered and uninterrupted humanitarian access and supplies to respond to the tremendous suffering caused by this war,” Philippe Lazzarini, chief of UNRWA, writes on X.
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