CAIRO, May 23, 2018 (MENA) - A large Egyptian aid convoy carrying medicines and food supplies was sent on Wednesday to the Gaza Strip upon instructions by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi as part of efforts to ease the sufferings of the brotherly Palestinian people in the beleaguered enclave. This is the second convoy to be sent by Egypt to the Gaza Strip. The first convoy was sent on Friday. The convoy includes medical supplies badly needed by the Palestinian hospitals. President Sisi has issued directives to keep Rafah land border crossing open throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan to alleviate the sufferings of Gazans after violent escalations that followed the US relocation of its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem.