It is the first aid truck to enter since Israel granted temporary permission, an Egyptian Red Crescent official said.
A total of “79 trucks entered today,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
On Friday, Israel allowed the temporary flow of much-needed aid to the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing.
After more than two months of war, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has deteriorated, but until now all aid entering the territory had to be transported through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
The Kerem Shalom crossing on Gaza’s border with Israel recently began screening aid shipments into the Palestinian territory, but trucks still had to go to Rafah to enter the enclave.
COGAT, the Israeli defense ministry’s unit responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs, said on Sunday that “starting today, December 17, after inspection, United Nations aid trucks will be able to go directly to the Gaza Strip through Kerem Shalom.”
Before the war between Israel and Hamas, 60 percent of the people entered the besieged territory through the Kerem Shalom border crossing that connects Israel with the Gaza Strip. goods.
On October 7, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel. According to Jewish officials, about 1.2 thousand were killed in the attacks. people, mostly civilians, and about 250 people were taken hostage.
The Health Ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip says an Israeli military operation in the Palestinian enclave has killed more than 18,800 people, mostly women and children, and reduced much of the area to rubble since Oct. 7.
According to United Nations estimates, 1.9 million people were displaced as a result of the war. of the area’s population, and aid groups fear that disease and starvation will soon overtake the population of the cloaked area.
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2024-08-02 16:11:27
