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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi accused Israel on Wednesday (January 24) of holding up aid deliveries from the Rafah border crossing to Gaza by pursuing procedures that halt movements.

"This is a form of pressure on the Gaza Strip and its people over the conflict and the release of hostages. They are using this as a pressure tool on the people of the Strip," he told a gathering of military officers and state officials.

Al-Sisi is under internal pressure over Gaza as many Egyptians accused Sisi of participating in the siege of Gaza. Palestinians in Gaza are living under a severe humanitarian crisis, with most of Gaza's 2.3 million people left homeless and acutely short of food, water, medicine and fuel.