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U.S. Urges Egypt to Ensure Aid Is Flowing into Gaza
(Reuters) Simon Lewis - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a hearing in the House of Representatives on Wednesday that fighting near the Rafah crossing in Gaza has made providing humanitarian aid challenging, but aid could still be getting through. "We do strongly urge our Egyptian partners to do everything that they can on their end of things to make sure that assistance is flowing," Blinken said. Israel's strategic affairs minister, Ron Dermer, told MSNBC: "Right now, Egypt is withholding 2,000 trucks of humanitarian assistance from going into Gaza because they have a political issue about the Rafah crossing."