The wait at the border has stranded more than 200 trucks with aid in Egypt.
. After all sides -- President Joe Biden, the Egyptian government, Egyptian state media, multiple sources -- pointed toward a Friday border opening, it now seems all but assured that won't happen.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres made a short stop at the border crossing Friday, the most senior international official to do so since the crisis began. Standing at a podium in front of the shuttered crossing, he implored that it be opened, and the trucks sent through. Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egyptian NGOs for Palestinians, wait for the reopening of the Rafah crossing at the Egyptian side, to enter Gaza, Oct. 17, 2023.Guterres said even though there's been an agreement between the U.S., Israelis and the Egyptians to open the border, certain issues still need to be worked out.An Egyptian security forces source tells us that one sticking point remains issues with the inspections of aid going into Gaza.
This, in addition to what a source told ABC News on Thursday that the U.S. is getting pushback from Egyptian authorities about the concern that American citizens in Gaza may want to bring additional family members with them when they are allowed to exit, and what kind of reassurance the Egyptian government will accept to guarantee that those family members will not stay in Egypt.
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