Sources to Al Mayadeen: Egypt refuses Iranian aid to Gaza
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Political sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen that Egypt "politely refused" any Iranian aid to Gaza.
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi, November 11, 2023. (Iranian Front Page)
Political sources confirmed to Al Mayadeen that Egypt has "politely refused" to accept any humanitarian aid to Gaza from Iran, due to the Israeli occupation’s refusal.
During a meeting at the Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi repeated Iran’s request to send aid.
During the summit on Saturday, Raisi urged Muslim-majority nations to provide weaponry to Palestinians engaged in combat against the Israeli occupation forces.
"Muslim countries should arm the Palestinian people. Resistance is the only answer to Israeli violence. Countries around the world, including Muslim ones, should ensure the protection of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories," he said at a Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit in Riyadh.
Marking the first visit of a sitting Iranian president to Riyadh in over a decade, Raisi advocated for an end to trade and collaboration between Muslim nations and "Israel" and called for a boycott of Israeli-linked products.
"There is no other way but to resist Israel. We are kissing the hands of Hamas for its resistance to the Israeli regime," he added.
"Israel must immediately cease fighting in the Gaza Strip and withdraw its forces from there," he further said, adding that an international trial of Israelis and Americans must be formed to prosecute those responsible for the genocide in Gaza.
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Earlier last week, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, expressed Iran's readiness to send humanitarian aid and relief shipments to Egypt to help the Palestinians in Gaza.
He pointed out the need to continue supporting the oppressed people of Gaza and stressed that Iran is ready to send humanitarian aid to Gaza through Egypt.
Referring to the limited fuel in Gaza's hospitals, Koliwand confirmed that the Iranian Red Crescent Society is ready to send the necessary fuel to Gaza through Egypt, to tackle the energy crisis in Gaza's hospitals.
