05/26/2024 – 16:01
Around 200 humanitarian aid trucks, including four fuel vehicles, are expected to enter Gaza this Sunday (26) through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, Khaled Zayed, head of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society in North Sinai, told Reuters.
Al Qaeda News TV, affiliated with the Egyptian government, shared a video on social media site X of what it said were the aid trucks as they entered the intersection.
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The Rafah border crossing, which was the main entry point into Gaza for humanitarian aid and commercial supplies, has been closed for almost three weeks, since Israel took control of the Palestinian side of the crossing while intensifying its military offensive. in the area on May 6th.
Some food supplies destined for Gaza began to rot with the closure of the Rafah crossing.
Egypt and the US agreed on May 24 to send aid through Israel’s nearby Kerem Shalom crossing until legal steps are taken to reopen Rafah on the Palestinian side, the Egyptian presidency said.
A global monitor has warned of imminent famine in parts of Gaza, where 2.3 million people live.
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