Aid trucks were entering the Gaza Strip from Egypt on Friday, around 1-1/2 hours after a truce began between Israel and Palestinian Hamas fighters, Reuters TV footage showed.
Israel will not limit Gaza truck numbers: UN aid chief
Two of the trucks, representing Egyptian organisations, sported banners that said, “Together for Humanity.” Another said: “For our brothers in Gaza.” While Israel agreed in its hostage deal with Hamas to allow at least 200 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza for every day of the multi-day truce, the current aid delivery mechanisms the IDF has in place are unlikely to enable this much-needed increase in assistance, two Biden administration officials have told The Times of Israel.
In addition to the trucks of aid, 75,000 liters of fuel entered Gaza from Egypt on Thursday, in line with the November 18 Israeli decision to allow two trucks of fuel into the Strip each day to assist with food distribution, the operation of generators at hospitals, water and sanitation facilities, shelters and other critical services, UNOCHA says.
