Two sources from the Egyptian aid organisation told AFP that "153 aid trucks entered through the Rafah crossing's bypass road en route to the Karm Abu Salem crossing to be brought into the Gaza Strip."
Among the trucks were 80 from the United Nations, 21 from Qatar, and 17 from the Egyptian Red Crescent, they added.
The Gaza ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel started at 12:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, following the signing of the deal in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh.
Earlier Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a Gaza deal involving the exchange of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners "soon" and Israeli withdrawal to "an agreed line." He called it the first step toward a "strong, durable, and everlasting peace."
Trump described the signing of the agreement early Thursday as a "great day for the Arab and Muslim world, for Israel, for the United States, and for all neighbouring nations."
Al-Qahera News reported that Egypt has been intensifying efforts to allow bulldozers and engineering equipment into the Gaza Strip to rehabilitate and clear damaged roads and ensure the uninterrupted flow of humanitarian aid, as reported on Thursday.
Over the past 700 days of the conflict, Egypt has remained Gaza's primary lifeline, channelling more than 570,000 tons of humanitarian aid through the Egyptian Red Crescent, whose volunteer network of over 35,000 continues to coordinate relief convoys under the national Gaza assistance mechanism.
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