Aid deliveries from Egypt to Gaza resume
Aid trucks from Egypt entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday under a new U.S.-brokered deal to reopen a vital channel for humanitarian aid, the Israeli army and the Egyptian Red Crescent said. Egypt had blocked aid from entering the enclave through its territory following Israel's seizure of the Rafah crossing - which provides access to southern Gaza - in early May. The two sides have traded blame for the closure of that crossing, even as aid has piled up on the Egyptian side. After pressure from the United States, Egypt announced Friday that it had agreed to divert trucks through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, which is about two miles from the Rafah crossing, as a temporary measure.Some 126 trucks from Egypt containing food, fuel and other essential goods entered the Gaza S...