While Hamas does not oppose the entry of aid without UNRWA, it continues to insist on core demands related to reconstruction, military withdrawal, and the aid distribution mechanism.

Amid aid restrictions and violence, EU strikes new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — European officials struck a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said Thursday as Israeli airstrike killed 10 children and five adults waiting for care outside a medical clinic.

Trump said Tuesday in a social media post that Qatar and Egypt have been working on the details and would deliver a final proposal to Hamas.

Following el-Sisi’s seizure of power in 2013, Cairo destroyed tunnels carrying goods into Gaza and allowed Israel’s drones, helicopters and warplanes to operate in Sinai.