Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is said to have agreed to open the Rafah Crossing to allow 20 trucks of aid into Gaza
Limited quantities of humanitarian aid are set to flow into Gaza from Egypt, but one expert has warned it is looking 'too little too late' diplomatically.President Biden was also due to meet the leaders of Jordan, Egypt and Palestine in Amman, but this was called off at the last minute.President Biden said Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had agreed to open the Rafah Crossing to allow 20 trucks of aid into Gaza.
Hamas officials claimed the hospital blast killed hundreds of people and was caused by an Israeli air strike - but the Israeli military blamed a misfiring rocket from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and released imagery and communications intercepts aimed at supporting their case. "I think the impact of the incident at the Baptist hospital in the last 72 hours; we're now in this - to coin a phrase - post-truth issue.
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