Lewis Hamilton Visits Egypt's Border With Gaza to See Aid Efforts

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton visited the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on November 10, 2026, to see humanitarian aid bound for the territory. Al Jazeera reported the visit.

Formula One is the top tier of international car racing, and Hamilton is one of its best-known drivers. The Gaza Strip is a Palestinian coastal territory that borders Egypt and Israel. Aid for its population has in recent years moved in large part through a small number of crossing points, and Rafah is the one on the Egyptian side.

The visit began in El Arish, an Egyptian city that sits close to the Gaza border. North Sinai Governor Khaled Megawer welcomed Hamilton there. The governor oversees North Sinai, the Egyptian province along the frontier, and he briefed the visitor on aid efforts coordinated by Egypt that pass through the Rafah crossing.

Hamilton then went to the crossing itself, accompanied by Megawer and staff of the Egyptian Red Crescent, the country's branch of the international Red Crescent humanitarian network. He greeted aid workers and asked how often they are able to enter Gaza through Rafah.

Megawer also showed Hamilton the Egyptian Red Crescent's aid warehouses, where supplies bound for Gaza are stored.