RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-ZHAO LEJI-BRICS PARLIAMENTARY FORUM

RUSSIA-ST. PETERSBURG-ZHAO LEJI-BRICS PARLIAMENTARY FORUM

(240712) -- ST. PETERSBURG, July 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, meets with Egyptian House of Representatives Speaker Hanafy Ali al-Gebaly on the sideline of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 11, 2024. This year's forum ran from Thursday to Friday in St. Petersburg. Zhao attended the forum here and delivered speeches at the event. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Ling)

Second convoy of relief trucks en route to Gaza through Rafah crossing

STORY: Second convoy of relief trucks en route to Gaza through Rafah crossing DATELINE: Oct. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: RAFAH, Egypt CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid preparing to enter Gaza at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing STORYLINE: A convoy of 17 trucks carrying humanitarian aid reached the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing on Sunday, before heading to the besieged Gaza Strip which is experiencing a humanitarian crisis due to Israeli airstrikes, Egyptian humanitarians at the border said. It is the second aid convoy to be sent to Gaza after the first convoy of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies entered the coastal enclave on Saturday. Sunday's aid consists of food, medical supplies, water, blankets, clothes, shrouds, and other items, Ra'ed el-Gebaly, a volunteer with the Egyptian Food Bank, told Xinhua at the Egyptian side of the crossing. The trucks, which have been prepared by the National Alliance for Civ