Committee spokesperson Mohamed Mansour said the initiative aims to restore a sense of safety and prevent exploitation and deprivation amid what he described as extremely harsh living conditions in the Gaza Strip.
In televised remarks, Mansour said Egyptian relief teams on Saturday managed to reach the far northwest and eastern areas of Gaza City, near the area known as the “yellow line” close to Israeli occupation forces’ positions.
He added that, under a directive from the Egyptian leadership, the committee has worked to restore dignity and basic living conditions in northern Gaza by providing essential support to Palestinian families.
Mansour also announced the start of the handover of the Zahraa City camp, which includes 850 fully equipped tents to shelter families whose homes were destroyed.
The camp includes a school, a water well, medical clinics, and communal kitchens that provide hot meals, he said.
He concluded by thanking the Egyptian leadership and people for the continued flow of humanitarian convoys to Gaza, describing them as a strong bridge of support, and stressing that Egypt “has not and will not abandon” the Palestinian people.
As of December, the committee has established 22 relief camps across the Gaza Strip, 16 of which are already operational, providing shelter to tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced by Israel’s war.
The camps are spread across southern, central, and northern Gaza under an initiative that began in Khan Younis and later expanded northward.
They currently accommodate around 70,000 displaced families, or approximately 120,000 people whose homes were destroyed. Six additional camps are under preparation following land allocation and the installation of basic infrastructure, including water wells and electricity.
The camps provide tents, cooked meals, clothing, blankets, and medical services and distribute roughly one million loaves of bread daily.
Each site includes water wells, health clinics, and educational facilities and is organized as a secured, enclosed area with defined entry points and local security teams drawn from nearby communities.
Since the outbreak of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023, Egypt, in coordination with the United Nations and international partners, has led the largest and most sustained humanitarian relief operation in modern history to support the besieged strip, despite the ongoing Israeli blockade.
For more than 760 consecutive days, Egypt has maintained continuous aid deliveries to Gaza, providing over 780,000 tons of humanitarian assistance through the Rafah and Karm Abu Salem crossings.
The operation has been coordinated by the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC), Egypt’s national mechanism for Gaza assistance, supported by a nationwide logistics network and more than 65,000 volunteers.
Egypt has coordinated relief efforts with 59 countries, receiving 943 humanitarian flights and 617 maritime aid shipments.
As part of its response, Egypt has facilitated the entry of 214 ambulances into Gaza, supplied around 91,000 tons of fuel to support hospitals and essential facilities, and coordinated the deployment of four field hospitals.
The ERC, working with the Ministries of Health and Social Solidarity, has also provided extensive services, including more than 86,000 family-link restoration services, cash assistance to 2,800 families, 171,000 relief services, and approximately 260,000 medical services.
Since 27 July, Egypt has intensified ground logistics through the Zad Al-Izza: From Egypt to Gaza initiative, dispatching 112 convoys that have delivered more than 234,000 tons of aid.
These shipments have included food, flour, fresh bread, infant formula, tents, medical supplies, medicines, relief materials, and fuel, reinforcing Egypt’s role as the main lifeline supporting humanitarian operations inside the Gaza Strip.
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