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F1 champion Sir Lewis Hamilton has stopped by the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing to meet with aid workers and learn about the logistics and challenges of sending humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
Sharing his observations online just a few days after the visit, Lewis said:
"The past three years of Israel's genocide in Gaza is appalling.... At Rafah border, I saw food trucks lined up ready to go, but they're regularly not allowed in or face major delays... At the nearby logistics centre, I saw the hard work of the aid workers, but I also saw what gets rejected for crazy reasons. Sleeping bags, first aid kids, medical equipment, wheelchairs, even footballs for kids."
Lewis called on Israel to fulfil its obligations under the ceasefire and let aid trucks in: "No excuse."
Earlier this year, he visited a distribution facility in Jordan and called for urgent and unrestricted access of aid into the region:
"Help is possible, ending the suffering is possible, but the trickle of aid currently reaching Gaza is nowhere near enough. Humanitarian organisations must be allowed to reach the places where help is needed."
