Israeli military authorities said that 360 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza this Sunday (26) after security checks.
The number includes 126 trucks from Egypt that crossed into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom Pass, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The USA, Israel and Egypt coordinated the crossing of vehicles with supplies.
“The aid trucks that arrived from the Rafah Crossing, on the Egyptian side, contained food, water, fuel, medical equipment, medicines and shelter equipment,” the military statement said.
“All humanitarian aid was transferred to the Gaza Strip following security checks by personnel from the Ministry of Defense Land Crossing Authority at the Kerem Shalom Crossing,” the statement concluded.
In a phone call on Friday (24), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and US President Joe Biden agreed to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid provided by the United Nations from Egypt through the Kerem crossing Shalom on a temporary basis. That is until the Rafah crossing can be reopened on the Palestinian side, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.
Aid workers and UN officials have repeatedly warned that the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza is largely due to restrictions imposed by Israel on land deliveries of humanitarian aid. The situation worsened after the closure of the Rafah crossing, which borders Egypt.
Source: CNN Brasil
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