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New Israeli border inspection point for Gaza aid won’t solve Rafah backlog

The Red Cross feels that the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is unsafe since Israel's assault is now focused on southern Gaza, where destroyed roads further exacerbate the peril facing aid deliveries [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]

Israel has said it will set up additional inspection checkpoints for humanitarian aid trucks bound for the Gaza Strip, but they will only be allowed to enter through a single border crossing which will have little effect on the actual supplies reaching the besieged enclave.

The Rafah crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt is the only point where a limited amount of aid is allowed to enter the territory, and the bottlenecked frontier has been unable to cope with the volume of vehicles heading in.

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