CAIRO – 27 December 2023: El Arish International Airport in Egypt’s North Sinai received on Wednesday two planes from Qatar and the UAE carrying humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, state’s news agency MENA reported. Khaled Zayed, the head of the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) in North Sinai, said the Emirati plane brought to Egypt 46,260 tons of aid, while 41,068 tons of food and blankets were delivered through the Qatari plane. Meanwhile, the Rafah crossing is preparing to receive a new group of injured Palestinians from the Gaza hospitals to be treated in hospitals in Egypt. Ambulances affiliated with North Sinai governorate are ready to receive the injured Palestinians at the crossing. On Tuesday, the crossing received six injured Palestinians and 10 of their relatives accompanying them.
