US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Cairo on Wednesday as part of his Middle East tour aimed at strengthening the ceasefire between Israel and the armed Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip.

Upon his arrival at the presidential palace, Blinken went to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and he promised in a tweet that his country would give 360 ​​million dollars in urgent aid to the Palestinians.

Egypt played a major role, in coordination with the United States, in brokering a ceasefire after 11 days of fighting.

The US is providing more than $ 360 million of urgent support for the Palestinian people.

We will galvanize the international community to make more aid available for humanitarian and development efforts.

- Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 26, 2021

Last week, before the ceasefire was reached, Egypt promised to provide $ 500 million in aid for the reconstruction of Gaza, with Egyptian companies assigned to these works.

Blinken pledged on Tuesday that the United States would provide new aid to contribute to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, including immediate aid worth $ 5.5 million and about $ 33 million for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which is based in the strip.

Ahead of Blinken's visit, a senior State Department official said that Egypt is likely to have a role in the delivery of this aid.

Egypt opened the Rafah crossing to allow medical aid to enter and evacuate the injured, and sent a security delegation that visited Israel and Gaza to reinforce the ceasefire that took effect in the early hours of last Friday.

The two-state solution

On Tuesday, the US Secretary of State met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem before meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, where he said that he hopes to "rebuild" the relationship between the United States and the Palestinians with the "right of Israel" to defend itself.

Blinken pointed out that "it is possible to resume efforts to reach a two-state solution," the Israeli and Palestinian.

He said that this solution, which was supported by the international community and neglected by the administration of former US President Donald Trump, remains "the only way to secure the future of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and at the same time to give the Palestinians the state they deserve."

In the same context, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said today, Wednesday, that he reiterated his country's commitment to the two-state solution to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict during a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi.

"I reaffirmed (the United Kingdom's) commitment to the two-state solution, the importance of reaching a stronger nuclear agreement with Iran, and our commitment to Israel's security, in my meeting with Gabi Ashkenazi," Raab wrote on Twitter.

"It is imperative to make progress towards a more positive future for the Israelis and the Palestinians," he added.