Updated October 15, 2023 at 7:50 PM ET
JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza will reopen to humanitarian aid for Palestinians currently under siege by Israeli forces.
Palestinians continue to flee from northern Gaza ahead of an expected Israeli strike against Hamas targets in the area, one week after Hamas launched a multi-pronged attack inside Israel, killing more than 1,300 people.
“Rafah will be open,” Blinken told reporters during a stop in Egypt on Sunday.
“We’re putting in place — with the United Nations, with Egypt, with Israel, with others — the mechanism by which to get the assistance in and to get it to the people who need it.”
Egypt had been allowing some aid to pass into Gaza through the Rafah crossing but stopped those shipments since…
