The Chairman of Egypt's State Information Service has released statement debunking Israeli claims on an Egyptian imposed blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Diaa Rashwan, current Chairman of Egypt's State Information Service, categorically denied the allegations and lies made by the Israeli defense team before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in which defendants claimed that Egypt is responsible for preventing the entry of humanitarian and relief aid into the Gaza Strip.
Although Egypt controls its side of the border crossing in Rafah, the country has not denied aid truck entry into the Gaza Strip, but instead, the occupation has imposed a no-entry zone in the area by bombing any unauthorized movement.
Rashwan clarified in a statement on Friday that the "lies" made by "[Israel] are evident in statements made by Israeli officials, led by the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister, and the Energy Minister, who have repeatedly publicly affirmed since the start of the aggression on Gaza that they will not allow aid to enter Gaza, especially fuel, because this is part of the war waged by their state on the Strip."
The Egyptian official explained that "when the occupation state found itself accused with documented evidence of [genocide and war] crimes before the International Court of Justice, it resorted to blaming Egypt in an attempt to escape the likely condemnation."
"Egypt's sovereignty extends only to the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, while the other side in Gaza is subject to the actual authority of the occupation," Rashwan emphasized.