Egyptian aid unable to reach Gaza

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-29-2008 08:51

An Egyptian attempt to send medical supplies to the Gaza strip via the Rafah crossing has yet to succeed, and a Hamas minister has attributed the failing to administrative problems.

Palestinian refugees carry food aid they received from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, April 2008.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)

In Gaza City, Hamas Health Minister Basem Naim says several countries have dispatched aid, including medicines and surgical supplies. But none of these have reached Gaza under the current emergency situation.

Aid groups say they fear a humanitarian crisis, as Gaza hospitals warn that they're fast running out of supplies, which are already low due to the long-standing Israeli blockade of the territory.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei