For days now a line of more than 100 trucks filled with food and fuel and medical supplies and water

that line of trucks has been waiting at the Rafa crossing on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border.

Because of Israel's blockade,

these trucks have been unable to cross into Gaza,

where more than 2 million people

have been without many of those basic necessities for 11 days.

Until now.

After arriving in Israel today, President Biden announced that the U.S. had convinced

Israel to let humanitarian aid into Gaza via Egypt.

Now the deal is strict and it is fragile.

All of the aid must be inspected before entering Gaza

and it must go to civilians.

If Hamas steals or diverts any of that aid, the deal will end.

After repairs to the border crossing are completed,

this aid should start moving on Friday at the

earliest and it is needless to say but it has been a very long and very difficult

week already today President Biden announced his fifth

speech fifth about this war set for 8 p.m. Eastern in the US tomorrow, which is

coming on the heels of his diplomatic mission to Israel.

As the only American president to visit Israel in wartime, Biden's visit today was a powerful

show of support for a country that is still reeling from Hamas's brutal and deadly terrorist attack.

But while President Biden reiterated American support for Israel's self-defense and he expressed

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