(AKI) - An Egyptian firm based in the city of al-Sadat is alleged to have supplied Israeli soldiers with provisions during the recent Gaza military offensive despite restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid for Palestinians, according to an Egyptian magazine."While Egyptians were pained by what was happening in Gaza, and the imams launched appeals to God to save the innocent in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers fed on Egyptian delicacies," said the article published by Egyptian magazine al-Usbua.
The article, written by Egyptian journalist Akram Khamis in the magazine's latest edition, claims that during Israel's three-week long offensive, the firm's trucks carried food to Israeli soldiers through the al-Awja border area, 70 kilometres south of the Gazan town of Rafah.
"Many Egyptian trucks went back and forth along the road that takes you from Sadat City to the Israeli border, on the eastern part of Egypt, to deliver the goods of the food-producing firm, to another one that works for the Israeli army," the magazine claimed.
The journalist presented as proof certificates and permits issued by Egyptian authorities to enable to this commercial operation to be carried out.
The documents showed the name of the firm's owner and the delivery dates which coincided with the closing of the Rafah border by Egyptian authorities.
The government of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was widely criticised in the Arab world for failing to open the border crossings with Gaza to allow in humanitarian aid.
More than 1,330 Palestinians were killed and another 5,400 were injured during Israel's Operation Cast Lead. Thirteen Israelis were killed during the conflict.