Aid flights land in Egypt amid efforts to open safe corridors into Gaza
by Julian Borger from World news | The Guardian on (#6FJNE)
No agreement by Saturday night on how to bring aid to trapped Palestinians before Israel's expected ground assault
Aid flights have been arriving in Egypt's Sinai peninsula with relief supplies for Gaza, amid diplomatic efforts to open humanitarian corridors into the besieged Palestinian enclave.
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said during a tour of the region that the US was seeking agreement on establishing aid routes and safe zones. But by Saturday night, there was still no agreement on how to bring aid to the 2 million Palestinians under bombardment, as Israel laid the ground for an invasion of Gaza a week after a Hamas attack in which 1,300 Israelis and foreign nationals, mostly civilians, were murdered.
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