Egypt intelligence-linked firm charging $5,000 per truck to get aid to Gaza

An international charity with extensive experience in the Middle East said that they are being forced to pay $5,000 a truck to a company linked to Egypt’s General Intelligence Service to get aid into Gaza.

"We have worked around the world in times of war, earthquakes and other disasters, but we have never been treated like this by a state who is profiteering from the dispatch of humanitarian goods. It’s draining a lot of our resources and the bribe being paid is per truck," said a spokesperson for the charity, which asked not to be named.

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Charity says Egypt intelligence-linked firm charging $5,000 to get aid over border