Israel and militants blame each other for an explosion at a hospital compound in Gaza that Palestinian officials say killed hundreds shortly before President Biden's visit to Israel.
Before leaving Israel on Wednesday, President Biden said he spoke by phone with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi who agreed to open his country's border crossing with Gaza. Doing so would allow roughly 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, Biden said. But officials in Gaza say they haven't been notified about when the aid would arrive or how it would be distributed.
The capacity of 20 trucks amounts to about one eighth of what aid workers estimate is required to meet the needs of 1.7 million people now gathered in southern Gaza. Both the Egyptian and Palestinian sides of the crossing were deserted on Thursday, with trucks loaded with supplies waiting at the nearby Egyptian town of Al-Arish.
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