Egyptian government officials on Saturday inspected preparations to deliver relief aid into the neighboring Gaza Strip, a day before a cease-fire and hostilities agreement between Israel and Hamas goes into effect.
Egypt's health and social solidarity ministers inspected the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza and a logistics area where about 600 aid trucks are stationed, local officials said.
The two ministers toured hospitals and medical facilities in North Sinai, ready to receive the wounded from Gaza, state-affiliated broadcaster al-Qahera News said.
They also inspected the equipment of the Egyptian Red Crescent and its supply warehouses in the province, part of the Sinai Peninsula.
Health Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghafar said that Egypt is ready for the wounded Palestinians to leave Gaza in the coming days.
In May last year, Israel seized control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, in an operation that halted aid deliveries through the vital conduit into the crowded coastal strip.
