US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Egypt to do everything it can to ensure humanitarian aid was flowing into Gaza, as food and medicine bound for the strip piles up on the Egyptian side. Blinken told a hearing in the House of Representatives that the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza remained closed after Israel’s military seized it on May 7. “So we need to find a way to make sure that the assistance that would go through Rafah can get through safely,” Mr Blinken said.
