Rishi Sunak: Rafah border will open ‘imminently’

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Rishi Sunak has claimed that the Rafah border, the sole crossing point between Egypt and Gaza will open “imminently”.  The prime minister said: “When this crisis unfolded, one thing we have prioritized consistently is getting the Rafah crossing opening. It's been a feature of all my conversations and I'm very pleased that that will now imminently happen.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Well in the last 48 hours I've been to three different countries and met six different

00:03 leaders including Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas to discuss the situation

00:09 in Israel and Gaza. This is a region in mourning so first and foremost I wanted to express

00:14 my condolences to all those affected. We've also made good progress on tangible areas

00:20 like ensuring access for humanitarian aid to those who need it. But most importantly

00:24 in a situation like this it's important to intensify dialogue because we all have a shared

00:29 interest in peace and stability in this region. When this crisis unfolded one thing we have

00:34 prioritised consistently is getting the Rafah crossing opening. It's been a feature of all

00:38 my conversations and I'm very pleased that that will now imminently happen. We announced

00:43 an increase in our funding for humanitarian aid into the region and when I met with President

00:48 Sisi earlier today he and I had a good discussion about how the UK can provide practical assistance

00:54 on the ground to ensure the sustainability of that aid through the crossing to the people

00:58 who need it.

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