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Because the Rafah crossing is currently controlled by the Israeli army. Egypt can allow all the aid it wants, it’ll still get stopped by the Israelis.

monocasa 1y ago
And even before then, Egypt's peace with Israel (and Egypt's subsequent ~$1B/yr in defense aid from the US) depends on playing nice with Israel in several respects, including deferring to Israeli policy on the Gaza border.
- FridayoLeary 1y ago
  Not that it's ever prevented smuggling. Curious where all of hamas weapons are coming from.
  - monocasa 1y ago
    There has been smuggling of course, but (perhaps unintentionally) Israel gives them most of what they use. > But recent intelligence has shown the extent to which Hamas has been able to build many of its rockets and anti-tank weaponry out of the thousands of munitions that failed to detonate when Israel lobbed them into Gaza, according to weapons experts and Israeli and Western intelligence officials. Hamas is also arming its fighters with weapons stolen from Israeli military bases. > “Unexploded ordnance is a main source of explosives for Hamas,” said Michael Cardash, the former deputy head of the Israeli National Police Bomb Disposal Division and an Israeli police consultant. “They are cutting open bombs from Israel, artillery bombs from Israel, and a lot of them are being used, of course, and repurposed for their explosives and rockets.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-weapons-rockets.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-h...
    - FridayoLeary 1y ago
      Also repurposed infrastructure like water pipes and lamposts. But they had plenty of weapons and explosives pre war, before egypt sealed their border to gaza.
      - monocasa 1y ago
        The explosives are the part that obviously should be given the main focus. And quite a bit of what's being talked about wrt to re-manufacturing Israeli unexploded ordance was stockpiled prior to Oct 7th. Israel did not start bombing Gaza only after Oct 7th (and in fact had been bombing Gaza as late as Sept 23, 2023).
    - kneelesh48 1y ago
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  - throw0101d 1y ago
    > Not that it's ever prevented smuggling. Curious where all of hamas weapons are coming from. Gaza is on the ocean: they could have been brought in via boat.
    - monocasa 1y ago
      To be fair, Israel has had a complete naval blockade of Gaza for some 20 years, and is probably the more effective part of their blockade.
  - protocolture 1y ago
    Well documented that Hamas has people dig up pipes to make rocket/mortar systems. Otherwise the answer is largely tunnels.
- cogman10 1y ago
  There's also the fact that Israel has been bombing aid trucks and killing aid workers and burying them alive. Before May 2024, Egypt was the primary route for aid to get it, but getting from Southern Gaza to northern Gaza was incredibly dangerous.
  - tguvot 1y ago
    according to UN data egypt was primary route only for a few months following october 7th, as all of Israeli border was an active war zone: https://www.ochaopt.org/data/crossings https://www.ochaopt.org/data/crossings
YZF 1y ago
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- sirfz 1y ago
  Are you implying that aid would otherwise be allowed by israel via Rafah?
- monocasa 1y ago
  It is both. That being said Egypt being complicit doesn't make any of this better.
- limpbizkitfan 1y ago
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  - boxed 1y ago
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    - nashashmi 1y ago
      Distinguish between Israelis and Jews. Otherwise you will tarnish both. And Jews in the US are not as supportive of the genocide as Israelis are.
      - boxed 1y ago
        Reread my comment. I was being sarcastic against anti-semites.
  - YZF 1y ago
    Why did Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Europe, Canada etc. take Syrians during the war in Syria but Egypt (and everyone else) refuses to allow civilian Gazans to escape to safety?
    - ahmedfromtunis 1y ago
yard2010 1y ago
"What interest they have to come to such place"
Alupis 1y ago
Egypt has made it fairly clear they want nothing to do with Gaza and Palenstine. I don't believe they would send aid or allow crossings anyway.

monocasa 1y ago

And even before then, Egypt's peace with Israel (and Egypt's subsequent ~$1B/yr in defense aid from the US) depends on playing nice with Israel in several respects, including deferring to Israeli policy on the Gaza border.

FridayoLeary 1y ago
Not that it's ever prevented smuggling. Curious where all of hamas weapons are coming from.
- monocasa 1y ago
  There has been smuggling of course, but (perhaps unintentionally) Israel gives them most of what they use. > But recent intelligence has shown the extent to which Hamas has been able to build many of its rockets and anti-tank weaponry out of the thousands of munitions that failed to detonate when Israel lobbed them into Gaza, according to weapons experts and Israeli and Western intelligence officials. Hamas is also arming its fighters with weapons stolen from Israeli military bases. > “Unexploded ordnance is a main source of explosives for Hamas,” said Michael Cardash, the former deputy head of the Israeli National Police Bomb Disposal Division and an Israeli police consultant. “They are cutting open bombs from Israel, artillery bombs from Israel, and a lot of them are being used, of course, and repurposed for their explosives and rockets.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-weapons-rockets.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-h...
  - FridayoLeary 1y ago
    Also repurposed infrastructure like water pipes and lamposts. But they had plenty of weapons and explosives pre war, before egypt sealed their border to gaza.
    - monocasa 1y ago
      The explosives are the part that obviously should be given the main focus. And quite a bit of what's being talked about wrt to re-manufacturing Israeli unexploded ordance was stockpiled prior to Oct 7th. Israel did not start bombing Gaza only after Oct 7th (and in fact had been bombing Gaza as late as Sept 23, 2023).
  - kneelesh48 1y ago
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- throw0101d 1y ago
  > Not that it's ever prevented smuggling. Curious where all of hamas weapons are coming from. Gaza is on the ocean: they could have been brought in via boat.
  - monocasa 1y ago
    To be fair, Israel has had a complete naval blockade of Gaza for some 20 years, and is probably the more effective part of their blockade.
- protocolture 1y ago
  Well documented that Hamas has people dig up pipes to make rocket/mortar systems. Otherwise the answer is largely tunnels.
cogman10 1y ago
There's also the fact that Israel has been bombing aid trucks and killing aid workers and burying them alive. Before May 2024, Egypt was the primary route for aid to get it, but getting from Southern Gaza to northern Gaza was incredibly dangerous.
- tguvot 1y ago
  according to UN data egypt was primary route only for a few months following october 7th, as all of Israeli border was an active war zone: https://www.ochaopt.org/data/crossings https://www.ochaopt.org/data/crossings

YZF 1y ago

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sirfz 1y ago
Are you implying that aid would otherwise be allowed by israel via Rafah?
monocasa 1y ago
It is both. That being said Egypt being complicit doesn't make any of this better.
limpbizkitfan 1y ago
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- boxed 1y ago
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  - nashashmi 1y ago
    Distinguish between Israelis and Jews. Otherwise you will tarnish both. And Jews in the US are not as supportive of the genocide as Israelis are.
    - boxed 1y ago
      Reread my comment. I was being sarcastic against anti-semites.
- YZF 1y ago
  Why did Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Europe, Canada etc. take Syrians during the war in Syria but Egypt (and everyone else) refuses to allow civilian Gazans to escape to safety?
  - ahmedfromtunis 1y ago

yard2010 1y ago

"What interest they have to come to such place"

Alupis 1y ago

Egypt has made it fairly clear they want nothing to do with Gaza and Palenstine. I don't believe they would send aid or allow crossings anyway.