Biden Gets Egypt to Open Its Borders Into Gaza for 20 Aid Trucks Amidst the Humanitarian Crisis

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The shelling of Gaza continues as many of those who live there have now fled, resulting in a humanitarian crisis. Now after a short trip to the region, President Biden says some headway has been made to get essential supplies to Palestinians in need. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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00:00 The shelling of Gaza continues, as many of those who live there have now fled, resulting

00:04 in a humanitarian crisis.

00:07 Now after a short trip to the region, President Biden says some headway has been made to get

00:11 essential supplies to Palestinians in need.

00:14 Biden called his discussions with Israeli leadership blunt, saying this to reporters.

00:18 I'm very blunt about the need to support getting humanitarian aid to Gaza.

00:26 Get it to Gaza and do it quickly.

00:29 And my point to everyone is, look, if you have an opportunity to alleviate the pain,

00:37 you should do it, period.

00:38 And if you don't, you're going to lose credibility worldwide.

00:42 The president added that he has also been in contact with Egyptian leadership as well,

00:46 and had reached an agreement with regards to getting aid over the border.

00:50 That deal will see 20 trucks cross into Gaza via the Rafah crossing, the only entry into

00:54 the area from Egypt.

00:56 Those are just the first of hopefully many, as upwards of a million people have been displaced

01:00 by Israeli bombing.

01:02 Biden added that it is now up to Hamas to ensure things go smoothly.

01:06 With regards to the aid delivery.

01:07 If Hamas confiscates it or doesn't let it get through, or just confiscates it, then

01:14 it's going to end because we're not going to be sending any humanitarian aid to Hamas

01:19 if they're going to come and confiscate it.

01:22 That's a commitment that I've made.

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