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Deliveries of aid began to arrive in Gaza from Egypt via the Rafa border crossing.

20 trucks carrying water, food, and medicine have been given permission to enter the besieged

enclave, though much more is needed.

The opening of the border follows a week of intense negotiation involving President

Joe Biden, the American President, and Antonio Guteras, the UN's Secretary-General, among

others.

A peace summit in Cairo, called by Egypt to press for an end to hostilities between Israel

and Hamas, ended without success.

Rob leaders and representatives of some European governments attended, but Israel did not.

America sent a lowly, charged affair.

The attendees failed to agree on a joint statement, though Arab countries called for Israel to

stop its bombardment of Gaza.

Nawaz Sharif, a three-time former Prime Minister of Pakistan, returned after four years of

self-imposed exile.

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