The convoy, part of the Zad El-Ezza: From Egypt to Gaza initiative, crossed from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing to the Israeli-controlled Karm Abu Salem terminal.
The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) organized the convoy in cooperation with civil society and international partners.
The trucks carry hundreds of tons of life-saving aid, including food baskets, flour, and urgently needed medical supplies.
As of Thursday, Israeli forces have killed at least 2,300 starving Palestinians near aid centres and injured 17,000 others.
Since October 2023, the war has left 64,400 dead — mostly women and children — 160,000 wounded, and 9,000 missing beneath the rubble, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Even as starvation deaths mount and global outrage grows, Israel has only permitted a token of aid since late July, keeping Gaza under a stranglehold.
On Sunday, 25 aid trucks were barred from entering Gaza without explanation, according to media reports.
Israel's ongoing blockade and prolonged inspections at the Karm Abu Salem crossing have left over 5,000 trucks stranded on the Egyptian side of Rafah, with food supplies rotting as they wait.
Israeli forces have especially blocked the entry of fuel, indispensable for hospitals, ambulances, and water treatment facilities, with only a few trucks allowed through every 10 days.
The UN and aid agencies warn that famine, declared in August, is worsening daily. Israeli forces have also continued to fire on civilians at overcrowded aid distribution points.
“There is a narrow window – until the end of September – to prevent famine from spreading to Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. That window is now closing fast,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher warned on Sunday.
“Death, destruction, starvation and displacement of Palestinian civilians are the result of choices that defy international law and ignore the international community,” Fletcher added.
On Saturday, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said Gaza is facing a “man-made famine,” adding on X that “total impunity and lack of empathy have made life for Gazans an inferno.”
Truce vital for relief
Sustained humanitarian relief access remains tied to securing a truce.
On Sunday, the White House sent Hamas a new ceasefire and prisoner-swap proposal, with President Donald Trump calling it a “last warning” for Hamas to accept terms he claimed Israel had already approved.
Hamas, however, had already accepted a 60-day truce on 18 August, brokered by Egypt and Qatar, involving a phased exchange of prisoners and expanded aid access.
Israel has not issued a formal reply and instead stepped up its assault on Gaza City.
On Friday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty wrote in the Washington Examiner that “the ball is now in Israel’s court” after Hamas accepted the Cairo-Doha plan, which could free Israeli captives and deliver urgent aid.
He also warned that Tel Aviv’s response would determine whether the situation would escalate or de-escalate.
Since 27 July, Egypt has sent 31 aid convoys to Gaza while repeatedly accusing Israel of waging a “war of starvation” against Palestinians.
Cairo says it has supplied over 70 percent of all aid that has reached Gaza since Israel's genocidal war began in Gaza in October 2023.
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