Humanitarian aid convoys have begun entering the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing on the 15th day of the war between Israel and Hamas.
The news came on the morning after US President Joe Biden said Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel was aimed at disrupting a potential normalisation of ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
According to a member of the Egyptian Red Crescent in the North Sinai Governorate, first of all, Gaza will receive medicines and medical supplies for providing emergency treatment to Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes.
Under an agreement made by the parties, 20 trucks with humanitarian aid that had been delivered to the Egyptian city of Al Arish crossed the Rafah border on Saturday. Officials from the Egyptian Red Crescent and the UN supervised the process. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) would distribute aid in Gaza.
About 200 trucks with humanitarian aid are currently lined up at the Rafah crossing.
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The first of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, said AFP correspondents on both sides.
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The border crossing was closed again after the passage of the trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent, which is responsible for delivering aid from various UN agencies.
The Rafah checkpoint on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip was closed after 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid passed through it. CNN reported this on October 21.
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