President Joe Biden will deliver remarks Friday afternoon regarding the Middle East, the White House said.
Biden is expected to respond to the felony conviction of Trump, possibly more forcefully than he has commented on his political rival's criminal cases in the past, as his campaign celebrates the guilty verdict, ABC News sources said. It's unclear if he will address the guilty verdict in his remarks. The agreement aims to reverse a dramatic drop in U.N. aid entering the Gaza Strip since Israel launched its offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah on May 6. Whether it will do so remains unclear, as U.N. officials say they are largely unable to reach the Kerem Shalom crossing to pick up the aid that enters, because fighting in the area makes it too dangerous.
In a statement Friday, el-Sissi's office said he had spoken by phone with Biden and agreed to temporarily send trucks carrying humanitarian aid and fuel for the United Nations to the Kerem Shalom crossing. It said Rafah crossing would not be reactivated until a legal framework is found.