Egypt sends aid into Gaza during active combat for first time since war began; Jordan, UAE resume airdrops; four IDF soldiers wounded in Rafah explosion

For months, Gaza’s 2 million people have faced a near-total blockade on food, water, medicine, and electricity.

UAE receives authorization from Israel’s political echelon to construct an independent water pipeline from Egypt to Gaza, which will supply water to approximately 600,000 residents without relying on Israel’s water infrastructure.

Calling themselves “Iron 17,” they stormed the State Security headquarters at the Ma’asara police station in Helwan, detaining several security personnel for hours in an unprecedented act, the first of its kind since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s rise to power in 2013 as president.

This highlights the significance of this for these countries and other Arab states. The UAE is a member of the Abraham Accords.

At least 57 people were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours alone, with the total death toll reaching 60,000, according to the strip’s ministry of health, as ceasefire talks appear to have stalled.

Israel controls almost every part of an aid distribution process plagued by bureaucracy, deadly attacks on civilians seeking food and a bombing campaign that has escalated civil disorder.