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President Biden has made the provision of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip conditional, after Israel announced on Wednesday that it would allow Egypt to provide limited aid to civilians. The aid is the first aid to Gaza since Israel laid siege to the area for 10 days.

The announcement to allow water, food and other supplies came after President Biden visited Israel on Wednesday in hopes of preventing large-scale conflict in the region. During a one-day visit to Israel, Biden announced $100 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, but said "the aid will end" if Hamas confiscates the aid.

Biden's visit sought to balance U.S. support for Israel in its war against Hamas with concerns about civilian casualties. He made it clear that the United States supports Israel and Hamas' right to defend themselves from terrorist attacks, but sought to allay growing concerns among Arab allies that the current war could escalate into a larger conflict. And so.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the approval to allow the aid was given after Biden requested it. He said Israel "will not thwart" deliveries of food, water or medicine from Egypt, as long as they don’t go to Hamas militants.

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US President Joe Biden speaks to members of the Media during his flight returning from Israel aboard Air Force One, on October 18, 2023. Joe Biden on October 18 delivered full US backing for Israel in person, on a solidarity visit in which he blamed Islamist militants for a deadly rocket strike on a Gaza hospital and announced the resumption of urgent aid to the besieged Palestinian enclave. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Upon his arrival, Biden met with Netanyahu and said an explosion at Gaza City's al-Ahli Hospital, which left hundreds of civilians dead, was not Israel’s fault — as Hamas and Palestinian supporters claim. On Wednesday, Israel announced that the Egyptian president had agreed to open the Rafah crossing, the only route from Gaza to Egypt, to allow humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza. The first group of 20 trucks carrying relief supplies won't begin until Friday at the earliest, White House officials said.

Egypt must first repair the cross-border road damaged by Israeli airstrikes. More than 200 trucks and about 3,000 tons of relief supplies have been deployed at or near the Rafah border crossing, said Khalid Zayed, the Red Crescent's director for North Sinai.

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Families and supporters of Israelis detained in Gaza demand their release during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, October 13, 2019. 18th, 2023. According to the Israeli military, about 200 people were kidnapped and taken to Gaza in a Hamas cross-border attack on Israel on October 7. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakoulis)

Israeli officials said Hamas had confiscated past aid it had given to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to build an extensive network of tunnels and buy weapons.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told Al-Arabiya TV that the new deliveries would be made under UN supervision. Asked if foreign nationals and dual nationals wishing to leave the country would be allowed to enter, he said: "As long as the border crossings are functioning properly and the (temporary) facilities are being repaired." .

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President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Shortly after Hamas terrorists launched a merciless attack on Israeli communities near the border on October 7, and at least 200 hostages returned to Gaza, Israel denies all supplies to Gaza, including food, water, electricity, and fuel. delivery has been suspended.

Relatives of some of the hostages were outraged by the rescue announcement. Israeli boy, candles, wake

A boy lights a candle in the shape of a Star of David during a vigil in memory of the victims of the Hamas attack in Dizengoff Square in central Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakoulis)

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A statement from the Hostage and Missing Families Forum said: "Children, infants, women, soldiers, men, the elderly, some with serious illnesses, some injured and shot, and animals... "They are being held underground like this." But "the Israeli government is coddling murderers and kidnappers."

Since the war began, more than 1 million Palestinians, about half of Gaza's population, have fled their homes from the north and Gaza City to the south.