Photo courtesy of the Egyptian Red Crescent
The convoy carried more than 40 tons of flour, around 254 tons of relief supplies, over 162 tons of medical supplies and more than 1,446 tons of petroleum products needed to operate hospitals and other vital facilities in Gaza.
The ERC has served as Egypt’s national mechanism for coordinating humanitarian assistance to the strip since the outbreak of the war.
It said the Rafah crossing has never been closed from the Egyptian side and that its logistical centres have remained on standby throughout the crisis.
According to the organization, Egypt has facilitated the delivery of more than one million tons of humanitarian and relief assistance to Gaza, supported by over 75,000 ERC volunteers.
The 247th convoy comes amid continued Israeli attacks across Gaza. Israeli strikes killed at least nine Palestinians across Gaza City, Deir Al-Balah, Khan Younis and Jabalia on Sunday, raising the number of Palestinians killed since the ceasefire to at least 1,230, according to Palestinian health officials.
The attacks continued despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Hamas had accepted a US-backed disarmament roadmap.
The plan has yet to be implemented, with Hamas linking the storage of its weapons to an Israeli halt to military operations and withdrawal from Gaza, while Israel says it will not withdraw without what it calls “genuine disarmament.”
Gaza’s already weakened healthcare system suffered a further blow on Saturday when Israeli strikes destroyed two medicine warehouses near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah.
Palestinian health officials said the facilities stored essential medical supplies, including materials used for dialysis and wound treatment.
Humanitarian conditions remain severe. Around 1.7 million Palestinians are sheltering at approximately 1,600 displacement sites, while 1.6 million face high levels of food insecurity or worse.
More than 100,000 children under five are projected to experience acute malnutrition during 2026, and only slightly more than half of Gaza’s hospitals remain partially operational.
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