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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger

Aid flights land in Egypt amid efforts to open safe corridors into Gaza

People search the rubble at the site of an Israeli rocket attack in Al-Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza City on Saturday.
People search the rubble at the site of an Israeli rocket attack in Al-Shati refugee camp in the west of Gaza City on Saturday. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

Aid flights have been arriving in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula with relief supplies for Gaza, amid diplomatic efforts to open humanitarian corridors into the besieged Palestinian enclave.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said during a tour of the region that the US was seeking agreement on establishing aid routes and safe zones. But by Saturday night, there was still no agreement on how to bring aid to the 2 million Palestinians under bombardment, as Israel laid the ground for an invasion of Gaza a week after a Hamas attack in which 1,300 Israelis and foreign nationals, mostly civilians, were murdered.

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