Thank you, Governor, for your welcome. I will not mention all of them, but there are a lot of people here working, trying to support the people in Gaza. You see, I am used to having a look at this place through satellite images.
I see the Rafah crossing almost every day, through the eyes of the satellites. I know that there are thousands of trucks waiting to enter, per day s , per week s , per month s. And I know that they are ambulances β these yellow and blue cars β waiting to receive the wounded people. But one thing is to see that from the satellite images, and another thing is to see it live, one truck after the other.
Today, 1, trucks waiting to enter. On a good day, maybe 50 will come in. In Ramallah time, they were per day. This is a drop in the ocean of needs on the other side. And I have to thank all of you, and to praise the work of the Egyptian government. All the work you are doing here; you, the governorate, the Egyptian army, all the workers of humanitarian organisations, the United Nations Organisation β which do irreplaceable work to face the dramatic situation that is happening metres from here.
I want also to stress the importance of the support of the European Union. I want to stress the importance of the number of planes landing in the airport close [to] here, the amount of money, the amount of physical support that we have been providing.
The European Union has done an incredible effort in order to provide supplies. But now the supplies are not entering; they are just stuck. Yes, we have done a lot. Member States of the European Union and European Union institutions have done a lot, in order to provide humanitarian support to the people in Gaza.
