CAIRO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday that the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip "has exceeded any logic or justification," adding that it has become "a war of starvation, genocide, and liquidation of the Palestinian cause."
Speaking at a joint press conference in Cairo with visiting Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, Sisi said the lives of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank are now being used as a tool for political bargaining.
He renewed his call to the international community to intervene to stop the war and bring aid into Gaza.
The Egyptian president warned that history will hold many countries and individuals accountable for their positions on the Gaza war, rejecting accusations that Egypt is complicit in besieging Gaza.
He stressed that the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing has never been closed during the current war or in previous years.
Sisi pointed out that more than 5,000 aid trucks are currently on Egyptian territory, ready to enter Gaza, and that Egypt has provided over 70 percent of the humanitarian aid delivered to the enclave over the past 21 months.
"Egypt will always remain a gateway for the entry of aid, not a gateway for the displacement of the Palestinian people," Sisi said.
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 61,020 Palestinians and injured 150,671 others, according to an update released by Gaza's health authorities on Tuesday.
Egypt continues mediation efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza and has repeatedly urged the implementation of the two-state solution with East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state to end the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict. ■
