Egypt says any convoys headed toward Gaza crossing need approval from Cairo

By AFP 11 June 2025, 9:53 pm

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Members of a convoy en route to Gaza wave Palestinian flags from a bus as the group travels toward Egypt's Rafah Crossing, in Zawiya, Libya on June 10, 2025. (AP/Yousef Murad)

Egypt says that it backs efforts to put “pressure on Israel” to lift its blockade on Gaza, but added that any foreign delegations seeking to visit the border area must receive prior approval through official channels.

Egypt “asserts the importance of putting pressure on Israel to end the blockade on the Strip,” the foreign ministry says as hundreds of activists in a Gaza-bound convoy originating in Algeria head to the Egyptian border on their way to Gaza.

It adds, however, that “we will not consider any requests or respond to any invitations submitted outside the framework defined by the regulatory guidelines and the mechanisms followed in this regard.”