The trucks, crossing from the Egyptian side of Rafah to the Israeli-controlled Karm Abu Salem, carried flour, oil, sugar, cheese, legumes, canned meals, and baby formula.
Israeli authorities blocked medical supplies, permitting only three fuel trucks to enter, Al Qahera News reported.
The convoy follows a visit to North Sinai by a US delegation, including Democratic senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley and Ambassador Herro Mustafa Garg, who toured the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) logistics hub in Arish.
Senators Van Hollen and Merkley, among the most outspoken in their party against Israel’s blockade and the manufactured famine unfolding in Gaza, are visiting Egypt as part of a broader Mideast tour that also includes Israel, the occupied West Bank, and Jordan.
The ERC, in coordination with the UN, is overseeing the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip.
North Sinai governor, Major General Khaled Megawer, told the senators that around 5,400 trucks remain stranded across Sinai, with food aid "sometimes rotting" while awaiting passage into Gaza.
Since the outbreak of Israel’s war in October 2023, the Palestinian health ministry says 322 people—including over 121 children—have died of hunger and malnutrition, most of them since Israel imposed a total blockade on the strip on 2 March.
UN projections indicate that by the end of September, more than 640,000 Gazans could face Phase 5 conditions—classified as famine—while 1.14 million are expected to be in Phase 4 emergency, and nearly 400,000 in Phase 3 crisis, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) scale.
Since October 2023, Egypt has supplied more than 70 percent of all humanitarian aid entering Gaza.
Cairo has facilitated over 45,125 truckloads carrying more than 500,000 tonnes of food, medical supplies, and fuel — 368,000 tonnes of which originated from Egypt itself, with the remainder provided by other countries.
In addition, Egyptian authorities have dispatched 209 ambulances and 81,380 tonnes of fuel to the besieged strip.
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