The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

U.N. officials and their partners are ramping up efforts to take advantage of a possible window for Israel and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza, whose people have been stripped of deliveries of fuel, food, water and medical supplies from the outside as Israeli forces strike at Hamas…

As aid remains blocked at the Rafah crossing, and Cairo residents collect donations, many ask when the border will open.

Lindsey Graham, who said he wants to see Gaza ‘levelled’, among bipartisan group expected to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt

The US has evacuated citizens out of Israel as the conflict intensifies, but Palestinian-Americans remain trapped in Gaza with little time and few options, advocates tell Josh Marcus

President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents to place himself in the middle of a Middle East conflict. U.S. efforts have seen failed starts, wrong turns and dead ends, but some progress.

Israel, the US and Egypt have said vital aid for Gaza could begin to flow in the next few days

Twenty trucks preparing to enter Gaza through Rafah crossing, but Israel says aid will halt if seized by Hamas

Israel defence minister tells troops they will soon see Gaza ‘from the inside’; UK PM stresses importance of allowing aid into Gaza

The Government estimates up to 60,000 UK nationals were in Israel or Gaza when the terror group launched its attack

Aid trucks line up at Egypt-Gaza border as protests continue around the world. The State Department has warned Americans overseas to be on high alert for terrorist attacks in heavily visited areas.

The popular tourist destination borders Israel to the east