{"id":4249,"date":"2026-11-12T10:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T05:03:47","slug":"hamilton-urges-israel-to-let-gaza-aid-in-after-rafah-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4249","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton urges Israel to let Gaza aid in after Rafah visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton said on Wednesday that Israel must allow aid trucks into Gaza, a day after he \u200bvisited the Rafah border crossing in Egypt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hamilton, a seven-times \u200cworld champion, arrived in El Arish on Tuesday, where he was briefed on how aid is prepared and coordinated before it is sent into \u200bGaza, as he toured the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/formula1\/hamilton-visits-rafah-crossing-see-gaza-aid-efforts-2026-11-10\/\">Rafah crossing<\/a> and the Egyptian Red \u200bCrescent\u2019s aid warehouses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe past three years of Israel\u2019s genocide \u2060in Gaza are appalling. It\u2019s an injustice for people to \u200bbe denied their freedom, their safety and their dignity.<\/p>\n<p>No human \u200bbeing should be treated as though their life matters less,\u201c the Ferrari driver wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Israel strongly denies accusations of genocide and says its military \u200bcampaign in Gaza targets Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton described seeing food trucks \u200blined up and ready to go at the border that were regularly held \u200cup \u2060or faced major delays.<\/p>\n<p>He said that at a nearby logistics centre, items had been rejected for \u201ccrazy reasons\u201d, including sleeping bags, first-aid kits, medical equipment, wheelchairs, and footballs for children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael needs to fulfil \u200bits obligations under \u200bthe ceasefire and \u2060let the aid trucks in. No excuse,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t want us to get used to \u200btheir suffering. I don\u2019t want us to look \u200baway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton, 41, \u2060is an advocate for humanitarian causes. In 2021, he founded Mission 44, a charity that supports young people and works to improve \u2060their \u200baccess to education and employment.<\/p>\n<p>He is fourth \u200bin the drivers\u2019 championship. Mercedes\u2019 Kimi Antonelli has won the title with three races \u200bremaining.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton said on Wednesday that Israel must allow aid trucks into Gaza, a day after he \u200bvisited the Rafah border crossing in Egypt. Hamilton, a seven-times \u200cworld champion, arrived in El Arish on Tuesday, where he was briefed on how aid is prepared and coordinated before it is sent into \u200bGaza, as he toured the Rafah crossing and the Egyptian Red \u200bCrescent\u2019s aid warehouses. \u201cThe past three years of Israel\u2019s genocide \u2060in Gaza are appalling. It\u2019s an injustice for people to \u200bbe denied their freedom, their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}