Hamilton visits Rafah crossing and calls for aid access to Gaza

Lewis Hamilton has visited the Rafah border crossing near the Gaza Strip, where food, medical and clothing supplies are being prepared on the Egyptian side for delivery into the Strip. Rafah is the only crossing Palestine shares with a country other than Israel. A ceasefire agreed in 2025 ended major combat operations, but an agreement for 600 trucks of aid per day has not yet been reached.

After the tour, Hamilton posted on social media that one truck driver he spoke to had been waiting over 12 hours to enter the Strip. He said food trucks are regularly not allowed in or face major delays, and that items including sleeping bags, first aid kits, medical equipment, wheelchairs and footballs had been rejected for what he called crazy reasons. He described Israel's actions in Gaza as appalling and urged Israel to meet its ceasefire obligations and let the aid trucks in.