A convoy of trucks sits at the Egypt-Gaza crossing as talks continue on delivery of aid. The humanitarian situation in Gaza has grown dire, aid groups say, with shortages of food, water and medicine.
Aid convoy trucks waited Thursday at the Rafah border crossing for clearance to enter Gaza.TEL AVIV, Israel — With truckloads of aid waiting on one side and over 2 million Palestinians facing shortages of food, water and medicine on the other, all eyes Friday were watching the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza to see if a deal to deliver relief would hold.
"They are the difference between life and death for so many people in Gaza," he said during a news conference at the Rafah crossing. Israeli officials say the siege is necessary to stamp out Hamas, which governs Gaza — and they will not allow in aid via Israel's border crossings until Hamas releases approximately 200 hostages captured during the attack.
One of them, Wafaa Abuzayda, who lives in Massachusetts, was visiting family in Gaza when the war began earlier this month. In the occupied West Bank, tensions grew overnight after a confrontation between Israeli forces and Palestinians at a refugee camp in Nur Shams, northeast of Tel Aviv near the territory's border with Israel.
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