epa10925600 Volunteers from humanitarian aid organizations pray outside Rafah border gate, Egypt, 18 October 2023. Volunteers from humanitarian aid organizations staged a sit-in in front of the Rafah border gate, hours after Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi blamed Israel for not allowing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and accused Israel of attempting to relocate Palestinians into Sinai. As international mediators continue to push for the passage of aid into Gaza and the exit of foreign nationals fleeing the conflict, from it. Egypt's border crossing with the Gaza Strip in Rafah remained closed on 18 October, with the international aid convoys mostly stationed in the town of Arish some 50km away from Rafah. EPA/ALI MOUSTAFA