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Israel has been urged to facilitate passage of aid into Gaza, which has been reeling from Israeli bombings.

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The UN says it needs guarantees and security before it can stockpile significant amounts of aid at the Rafah crossing.

Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip – after a devastating Hamas attack on Israel – has caused alarm in Egypt. Egypt shares a 12km-long border with Gaza and controls the main exit point – the Rafah crossing – for the approximately 2 million people living there.

As the Israeli-Hamas crisis continues, a great deal of focus is shifting to Egypt. Egypt shares a border with both Israel and Gaza – the narrow strip of Palestinian territory which is currently under blockade following the violent attack against Israel by Hamas, a radical Islamist organisation that has controlled…

The Rafah border crossing is a modest, isolated outpost at the southern end of the Gaza Strip. Yet it could be a critical lifeline as Gazans face a growing humanitarian crisis.

World Health Organisation says there are less than 24 hours’ worth of supplies in many areas

"Gaza is running dry" and families are turning to unsafe water, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday. The crisis comes as masses of people try to flee northern Gaza.

Thousands of people have died since Hamas launched an assault on Israel from Gaza, and the conflict appears to be intensifying