The Rafah border crossing, connecting Egypt with the Gaza Strip, opened today for the second day in a row to allow entry of 17 trucks with humanitarian aidLocal media reported this today.
Egyptian TV Al Qahera News live broadcast of these cars entering Rafah towards Gaza.
This was reported to the agency by volunteers who had been at the crossing for several days. EFE what do these 17 trucks contain? “mostly medicine, water and food” without providing more details yet.
Concern has taken over the transport workers, after Egypt closed the crossing again on Saturday after allowing 20 trucks that had been agreed upon for a first aid mission through and showed no sign of reopening it.
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As the agency was told EFE people involved in the aid delivery process as a preliminary step to entering Gaza Egyptian authorities check convoys, which were then accepted by members of the Palestinian Red Crescent and the UN.
Some NGO volunteers remaining in the area They have already returned to Cairo, but others are still at the border this day.
Right now, Al Arish Airport, located in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, is waiting for the plane to arrive. relief planes from Qatar and Indiacountry, which confirmed that it sent more than 38 tons of humanitarian aid to Palestine this Sunday on board an army aircraft.
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Material includes essential life-saving medications, surgical supplies, These include tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, toilets and water purification tablets, among other necessary items, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said.
Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza in the last 24 hours Last night, its planes killed two senior militants from the Islamist group Hamas, along with other militants.
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According to the Gaza news agency Sanad, citing medical sources in the Gaza Strip, since yesterday At least 114 Palestinians from the strip were killed as a result of Israeli bombings.
Since the war began more than two weeks ago, Israeli bombing has killed more than 4,400 people in the Gaza Strip, including More than 70% are minors, women and elderly people. according to Palestinian sources.
At the same time, Palestinian militias continue to fire rockets at Israel, which has so far registered More than 1,400 people have died since the conflict began.
(according to information from EFE And Aristegui News)