Sir Lewis Hamilton has visited the Rafah crossing to learn about how Egypt provides humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
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The British F1 champion, 41, arrived at Arish International Airport in North Sinai on Tuesday where he met Egyptian officials ahead of a planned trip to the Gaza border.
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According to local reports, he is also set to tour the Egyptian Red Crescent's facilities in Arish where volunteers prepare and ship humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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Sir Lewis, wearing a black crew neck jumper, trousers and a pair of sunglasses, met North Sinai governor Major General Khaled Megawer.
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The pair were pictured speaking together on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing.
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It comes just weeks after the British F1 champion called for a 'free Palestine'.
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Following reports about concerns surrounding the controversial proposed African Grand Prix in Rwanda, Sir Lewis called for Africa to unite amid the proxy war inside Rwanda's neighbouring country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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He said: 'I don't get to choose where we go and naturally there's problems all over the world today.
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Sir Lewis Hamilton, 41, is pictured at the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border on Tuesday
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The F1 driver toured Red Crescent facilities and spoke to the region's governor Major General Khaled Maghawer
Sir Lewis also met volunteers for the Red Crescent, who prepare and ship humanitarian aid to Gaza
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I've seen many of the stories, but I think we really have to approach it with humility.
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There's a lot that we don't know.
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Growing up in England, they never ever taught us anything about Africa.
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It needs to be on the curriculum: a lot of the problems they have there are still results of colonialism and the west intervening.
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'But if you see the people, you see so many designs that are out there today; top brands come from Africa and it's got all the richest resources.
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I really hope, and I still have hopes, that Africa unites.
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I know there's many people that don't want that to happen because they would be so powerful if they did, but I'm still hopeful that at some stage they will.'
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Sir Lewis added: 'Of course, going doesn't mean that you neglect the things that are happening there.
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So hopefully many people start to educate themselves a little bit more about what is happening there, what has happened there for hundreds of years and I hope that does spark the conversation.
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I guess I'll finish it off with: I think we need to make sure we're pushing to free Congo, free Sudan, free Syria, free Palestine.
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I think there's a lot of peace that I'm hoping that at some stage we get to.'
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Sir Lewis believes that more people need to speak up on the ongoing war in the Congo, alongside the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, the latest Sudanese civil war and the conflict in Syria.
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The F1 champion previously called for a 'free Palestine' and visited Jordan where he visited a hospital and aid packaging facility dedicated to helping people in Gaza
Sir Lewis is pictured speaking to Maj Gen Maghawer at the Rafah crossing in Egypt
Earlier this year, the F1 champion spent time in Jordan, which borders Israel and the West Bank, visiting a hospital and aid packaging facility dedicated to helping people in Gaza.
He described the visit as 'life changing', adding: 'When you see what’s happening on the ground, it can be so easy to feel hopeless and like there’s nothing we can do to help.
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I thought that feeling of hopelessness would’ve been what I took away from my visit, but it wasn’t.'
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He called for humanitarian organisations such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent to have passage into Gaza to 'reach the places where help is needed'.
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