2023-10-22 11:17:00
Palestinians observe damage caused by attack on Rafah Said Khatib / AFP – 22.10.2023 Seventeen trucks with humanitarian aid crossed the Rafah crossing this Sunday (22), from Egypt towards the Gaza Strip, the second convoy in two days to enter the Palestinian territory since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, AFP found. More than a hundred trucks with humanitarian aid are awaiting authorization to enter the Gaza Strip, which has been bombed and surrounded by Israel since the unprecedented attack by the Islamist movement Hamas on Israeli territory on October 7. Dozens of people with foreign passports are waiting on the Palestinian side to enter Egypt. See also International Israel claims it killed ‘terrorist agents’ in air attack on mosque in the West Bank International Israel intensifies bombings in Gaza before land incursion International Israeli government classifies Hamas’ statement about releasing hostages as ‘propaganda’ In the early hours of this Saturday ( 21), 20 trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent crossed the Rafah border crossing taking supplies to hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The aid included canned food, medicine, blankets and mattresses, but not one essential item: drinking water. In total, 150 trucks, including those authorized, are waiting on the Egyptian side of the border. The borders were closed shortly after the completion of the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and, according to the president of the humanitarian NGO North Sinai Red Crescent, Khaled Said, to the EFE agency, it is not known when the crossing will be reopened and how many trucks will be able to to enter. He said that “there is no information about the departure of foreign citizens from Gaza” and that “nothing is known yet” about when and how this might occur. Read also Israel’s military authority says the Army is preparing surprises for Hamas terrorists that the humanitarian aid that arrived in the Gaza Strip on Saturday is completely insufficient. The UN, for example, estimates that at least one hundred trucks would be needed a day to help the region’s 2.4 million residents. The death toll in the war between the Israeli Army and the terrorist group Hamas rose to 6,051 this Sunday (22). The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that the death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 4,651 victims. On the Israeli side, the number of victims is 1,400.
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