Arish
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi visited on Tuesday al Arish city, along with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as part of the French President's high-level official visit to Egypt.
The visit includes field tours of several locations in Arish city, notably the Arish General Hospital, Arish Port, and the logistics center designated for receiving humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip.
A delegation of the European Parliament arrived on Saturday at Arish airport.
This step comes within the framework of the major humanitarian role played by Egypt through providing logistical facilities and receiving international aid and delivering it to the Strip, which reflects its firm position in supporting the Palestinian people.
This visit comes within the framework of the beginning of the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and as the flow of aid started to flow into the strip; there were also discussions on the preparations to increase aid in the coming days.
Arish seaport on the North Sinai coast was closed, Friday due to the weather conditions in the region.
Eleven defendants have been referred to a misdemeanor court for spreading false news and rumours, likely to disturb public peace regarding the death of Naira Salah, a student at Arish University.
The North Sinai Governor’s office released a statement indicating that the governorate has designated housing units within the Al-Sabil buildings in Al-Arish for Palestinians facing challenges in returning to the Gaza Strip.
Rafah border crossing has received 44 wounded Palestinians and their escorts coming from hospitals in the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment in Egypt, a reliable medical source said Monday.
During the past few hours, Arish Airport received 5 planes during the past few hours coming from Belgium, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Germany.
The planes transported aid shipments destined for the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian Red Crescent received the shipments and transported them on trucks from Al-Arish to the Rafah crossing to reach the Gaza Strip.
Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesman and Director of the Public Diplomacy Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that a delegation of members of the Security Council visited the cities of Al-Arish and Rafah on Monday.
Over the past years, the Egyptian state was able to confront the challenges represented by terrorist threats in Sinai, as it believed that achieving development is the primary guarantor of sustaining stability and completely eliminating any terrorist attempts.
Arish Airport has received so far a total number of 41 cargo planes carrying aid to Gaza.
The Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA) announced the completion of the rehabilitation of the Ferdan/Beir Al Abd line, lying on 100 kilometers between Ismailiyah and North Sinai.
Upon arrival, the shipments were swiftly unloaded by a team of Egyptian Red Crescent volunteers and loaded onto trucks for further preparation and transfer to Gaza.
27 planes carrying humanitarian aid from Arab, foreign states arrive in Arish since Oct. 12
Head of the Red Crescent in North Sinai Khaled Zayed told press Friday that 31 more lorries carrying aid from local donors for Gaza Strip arrived at Arish in the past few hours.
New batches arrived Thursday.
Two planes carrying aid shipments for the people of Gaza, provided by the World Food Program, landed at Al-Arish Airport in North Sinai on Sunday.
