On Monday, a third convoy of aid trucks entered the Rafah crossing from Egypt bound for the besieged Gaza Strip, an aid worker and two security sources said.
Supplies and deliveries of aid through Rafah started on Saturday after wrangling over procedures for checking and inspecting the aid and bombardments on the Gaza side of the border had left relief materials stranded in Egypt.
Rafah is the major crossing in and out of Gaza that does not border Israel. Since Israel has levied a “total siege” of the enclave in retaliation for an invasion by the Palestinian militants Hamas on October 7, Rafah has become the focus of measures to provide aid.
On Saturday and Sunday, 34 trucks passed through. The number of trucks in Monday’s convoy was similar to each of those days, the aid worker and security sources said.
UN officials say almost 100 trucks would be required daily to meet basic needs in Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million people and where stocks of food, water, and fuel have been running low.
