According to the ERC, the national body coordinating aid delivery to Gaza, the convoy included 85,600 food parcels, 300 tons of flour, 470 tons of relief supplies, and 925 tons of fuel to help keep hospitals and vital facilities operating in the strip.
It also carried winter assistance to ease harsh weather conditions for the Palestinians, including 8,840 winter clothing items, 11,890 blankets, and 1,325 tents for displaced families.
Despite closing all Gaza crossings on Saturday for what it described as “necessary security measures” amid its war with Iran, Israel reopened the Karm Abu Salem crossing, one of Gaza’s five land crossings, all under Israeli control, on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israel’s government agency COGAT announced that the Karm Abu Salem crossing would reopen starting Tuesday to allow the gradual entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
Before the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran on Saturday, the Rafah border crossing had been open for nearly a month, allowing many wounded Palestinians to enter Egypt for medical treatment and enabling residents to return to Gaza.
When the Rafah crossing is closed from the Palestinian side, shipments enter the Egyptian side of the crossing and are then redirected to the Karm Abu Salem crossing, Gaza’s only commercial crossing.
The Rafah crossing was originally designed for passenger movement, not cargo. However, after the outbreak of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023, it also became a route for food, fuel, and medical supplies.
Egypt has remained the main lifeline for Gaza since October 2023, exerting all efforts to ease the suffering of the Palestinian people amid Israel's genocidal war on the strip.
Since the war began, Egypt has delivered more than 800,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza, around 70 percent of the total aid sent to the strip.
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