Hamilton Calls on Israel to Open Rafah Crossing to Gaza Aid

Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has called on Israel to reopen the Rafah crossing so that humanitarian supplies can enter Gaza from Egypt, according to Al Jazeera.

Hamilton visited el-Arish, the Egyptian city on the border with Gaza. There he toured a storage facility where the Egyptian Red Crescent, the country's national aid society, prepares aid boxes for Gaza.

The appeal comes as aid stockpiles sit close to the territory. On November 11, 2026, the United Nations said that more than 150,000 tents, bought by humanitarian partners and member states, were waiting outside the Gaza Strip for Israeli permission to enter.

UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said that waiting for a new Israeli government to form is "not an acceptable excuse" for delays in getting winter supplies into Gaza. Israel's government is in the process of forming a new administration, and the timing of that process has become part of the debate over aid access.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected accusations that Israel has been delaying the entry of winter supplies into the Gaza Strip.