The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Israel says Hamas has freed two American hostages who had been held in Gaza since militants rampaged through southern Israel Oct. 7

Complicated web of relationships are strained as Israel bombards Gaza in retaliation to Hamas attack

Gaza City hospital under ‘imminent’ threat’ after Israeli military order, says Palestinian Red Crescent group; Hamas releases two US hostages

The 2.2 million people who live in Gaza are facing economic isolation and experiencing incessant bombardment. Their supplies of essential resources, including food and water, are quickly dwindling.

Hostages Judith Raanan and daughter Natalie, 17, taken via Egypt to Israeli army base to be reunited with family

The PM met the president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas days after he refused to see Joe Biden

PM met Palestinian Authority leader in Egypt as part of tour of the region to try to prevent the conflict escalating

Satellite photos analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show a long convoy of trucks filled with humanitarian aid waiting to cross the border from Egypt to the Gaza Strip.

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The population of the Gaza Strip remains cut off from basic supplies like water, food, and electricity since Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, ordered a “complete siege”. No aid has been able to reach Gaza and the first promised convoy has just been delayed further.

Labelling aid trucks ‘the difference between life and death’, Antonio Guterres called for access via the Rafah crossing.