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The head of the Egyptian Information Service, Diaa Rashwan, denied what he described as “allegations and lies” said by the Israeli defense team before the International Court of Justice that Egypt is “responsible for preventing the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing.”
Rashwan said that “all Israeli officials, led by the prime minister, defense minister and energy minister, have confirmed dozens of times in public statements since the start of the aggression on Gaza, that they will not allow aid to enter the Gaza Strip, especially fuel, because this is part of the war waged by their state on the Strip.”
“After all these statements, which did not consider this prevention and blockade war crimes and genocide under international law, when it found itself accused before the International Court of Justice with documented evidence, it resorted to throwing accusations at Egypt in an attempt to escape its likely condemnation by the court,” Rashwan said.
He stressed that “Egypt’s sovereignty extends only on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, while the other side of it in Gaza is subject to the actual occupation authority, which was actually reflected in the mechanism of entry of aid from the Egyptian side to the Kerem Shalom crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip with Israeli territory, where it is inspected by the Israeli army, before being allowed to enter the territory of the Strip.”
Rashwan said that Egypt “announced dozens of times in official statements, starting with the President of the Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all concerned parties, that the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side is open without interruption, calling on the Israeli side not to prevent the flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and to stop deliberately disrupting or delaying the entry of aid under the pretext of inspecting it.”
Christopher Stacker, a lawyer on Israel’s defense team before the court, said that “access to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing is controlled by Egypt,” adding that “Israel has no obligation under international law to allow access to Gaza through its territory.”
The remarks came on the second and final day of the South African genocide hearing brought against Israel at the International Court of Justice.