The Palestine Telegraph reports this morning that although Egypt will allow the Viva Palestina 5 convoy to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing, George Galloway remains persona non grata and will be barred. Cairo, October 14, (Pal Telegraph) Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced that Cairo is in the process of informing the organizers of the convoy lifeline 5 to allow them access to the port of El Arish, near the Gaza Strip. Official spokesman of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Hossam Zaki said: "Now we're going to inform the organizers of the convoy that we will allow them to sail from the Syrian port of Latakia, to the Egyptian port of El Arish”, stressing that Egypt's stance towards British MP George Galloway has not changed, in reference to the decision to ban him from entering Egypt. more
Until now, the besieged Gaza Strip has stayed free of the novel coronavirus spreading across the world. As the Gaza Strip has been under a stringent Israeli-led blockade for nearly 13 years, the spread of the coronavirus - officially known as COVID-19 - has become the topic of discussion for many Palestinians, with some joking that the blockade was preventing them from being exposed.But as authorities in the coastal Palestinian enclave gear up to contain any potential outbreak, serious questions have arisen about the risks and implications of such a scenario. But given its already difficult humanitarian situation and high population density, an outbreak in the Gaza Strip could prove to be catastrophic, health officials have warned. "If the virus enters Gaza and spreads, it will get out of hand," Gaza Ministry of Health spokesperson Majdi Thuhair told Middle East Eye, as he explained that a severe shortage of resources and personnel would make it near impossible