RAFAH: Though a large number of trucks carrying relief assistance for the besieged people of Gaza waited for moving into the area from Egypt, the only Rafah crossing was not opened to the aid workers even on Friday.
According to reports, nearly 4,000 people including hundreds of children have been killed in the air strikes with about 800 killed after the Zionist state bombed a hospital in the besieged enclave.
Egyptian authorities earlier said the Rafah crossing was open on their side but as Israeli planes continued targeting areas on the Gaza side, relief goods could not be sent to the besieged people. The reports also said that Egypt was reluctant to open the crossing fearing an exodus of Palestine who want to flee the bombing.
Over 200 trucks were waiting on the Egypt side of the Rafah crossing and the UN Secretary General was in the area hoping to see the truck moving to the affected area of Gaza. Pakistan was among scores of countries that have sent relief assistance for the besieged people of Gaza and a plane from Islamabad carrying relief goods landed in Egypt on Thursday.
The UN chief termed the truck a lifeline for the Gaza people. On the other hand, US President Joe Biden said that the air supplies would reach Gaza in a day or two.
He thanked the government of Qatar for helping the release of a US citizen woman and her daughter from the captivity of Hamas in Gaza. Hamas said the woman and her daughter were released on humanitarian grounds.
On the other hand, a senior Hamas leader told an Arab TV channel that there were about 250 Israeli captives including army officers in custody of Hamas and they could be swapped with Israel in return for the release of all Palestinian prisoners.
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