Photo courtesy of Egypt’s Red Crescent
The convoy, launched as part of the ERC’s role as Egypt’s national coordinator for aid deliveries to Gaza, headed towards the strip in the early hours of Monday amid worsening humanitarian conditions caused by Israel’s ongoing war.
The aid shipment included food baskets, flour, medical supplies, relief materials, and petroleum products needed to operate hospitals and vital facilities inside Gaza, according to the ERC.
The organization said it also supplied essential humanitarian items, including clothing, blankets, tarpaulins, and tents to shelter displaced residents.
The ERC added that it has maintained a continuous presence at the border since the outbreak of the war, stressing that the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian side has remained open.
It said its logistics centres have remained on high alert to facilitate the sustained entry of humanitarian and relief assistance into the strip.
According to the ERC, humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza since the beginning of the war has exceeded 970,000 tons, with support from more than 65,000 volunteers across Egypt.
Humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip remain critical despite the October 2025 ceasefire, with aid agencies warning of a critical lack of food, fuel, medicines, clean water, and shelter materials across the territory.
Israeli strikes continued in parts of Gaza over the weekend, with Palestinian medics reporting several deaths in Khan Younis, underscoring the fragility of the truce that has largely halted months of full-scale fighting but failed to end sporadic violence and military operations.
A recent report by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains “far from resolved” despite a temporary improvement in aid flows following the ceasefire.
The report noted that the United Nations recorded a 37 percent decline in aid entering Gaza during the first quarter of 2026, while aid deliveries reportedly dropped further after the outbreak of the recent US-Israeli war on Iran, during which Israel closed several aid corridors.
The CFR report described Egypt as the principal humanitarian gateway to Gaza since the start of the war in October 2023, noting that Cairo had delivered more than 800,000 tons of aid to the strip by February 2026 through the Rafah crossing and other coordinated relief channels.
The report said Egypt has played a dual role as both a humanitarian coordinator and a key regional mediator, while managing growing domestic and regional pressures linked to the war, including concerns over displacement into Sinai and the wider regional refugee crisis.
International humanitarian organizations continue to warn that hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians remain dependent on external assistance after widespread destruction to housing, hospitals, and civilian infrastructure across Gaza.
Aid groups have repeatedly called for sustained and unrestricted humanitarian access to prevent further deterioration in living conditions inside the strip.
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