Hamas has released an American mother and daughter, bolstering hopes for other hostages; Israeli forces continue to prepare for a ground assault. Follow updates here.
Rafah, Egypt | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used a visit to Egypt’s crossing with the Gaza Strip on Friday to make an emotional appeal for aid trucks to move into the besieged enclave, days after the US raised hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough. Standing at the Rafah Crossing in the Sinai Peninsula, where more than 200 aid trucks are waiting, and much more relief is stockpiled, Guterres described the delay in delivering food, water, medicines and fuel to those in need as heartbreaking.
“To see them stuck here makes me very clear - what we need is to make them move, to make them move to the other side of this wall, to make them move as quickly as possible and as many as possible.” Rafah has remained shut since shortly after Israel began its bombing of Gaza in retaliation for a deadly assault by the Hamas militant group on October 7, and wrangling over conditions for delivering the aid has prevented its reopening.
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