JERUSALEM (Aftenposten): It is a complicated game when something has to cross the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
Thousands of Palestinians have gathered in the south of the Gaza Strip in the hope of getting away from Israeli attacks. Photo: Fatima Shbair / AP / NTB
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Published: 20/10/2023 10:51 | Updated: 21/10/2023 08:30
The short version
Thousands of people have gathered near the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Help is waiting on the Egyptian side. Egypt, Israel and Hamas must agree before the border is opened. Israel wants to have control over the aid, and Egypt and Hamas are not friends. Egypt has been a mediator between Hamas and Israel several times in the past, but the situation is now unclear and the border remains closed.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: The suffering is screaming out of the Gaza Strip. Thousands of people have gathered near the Rafah border post. It is the crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
Residents of the Gaza Strip have been told to flee the rain of bombs to the southern half. But those who have done so face a closed border.
For several days, Palestinians have been promised help. And help is right outside. On the Egyptian side, a large number of wagon trains with water, food and medicine are waiting.
So why can’t Egypt just open the border?
Here are some reasons:
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