Photo courtesy of Egypt's Red Crescent
The ERC said its 203rd Zad El-Ezza: From Egypt to Gaza convoy transported about 4,006 tonnes of aid aboard several trucks heading to the Gaza Strip as part of Egypt’s ongoing relief operations.
According to the organization, the shipment included food baskets, flour, sacrificial meat donations, medical supplies, relief materials, and fuel needed to operate hospitals and other essential facilities in Gaza. The convoy also carried clothing and tents for displaced Palestinians.
The aid delivery came as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that acute shortages of fuel, pesticides, tents, and medicines were hampering efforts to contain the spread of skin diseases linked to rodents and insects in Gaza.
The agency called for the unrestricted flow of environmental health supplies and medical aid into the territory, as Israel continues to enforce a bottleneck in a clear and continuous violation of the October ceasefire, brokered by Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the US.
Meanwhile, at least one Palestinian was killed and two others wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza early Monday, according to Palestinian medical sources.
Doctors at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah said two Palestinians were brought to the facility after an Israeli air strike targeted a home in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. One of the wounded was reported to be in critical condition.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmed Samir Farhat, died from wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli strike west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, medical officials at Nasser Hospital said.
Israel killed six Palestinians in the last 24 hours, including five newly recovered bodies and one person who later died of wounds, while eight others were injured.
The ministry said additional victims remained trapped under rubble or in areas inaccessible to ambulance and civil defence crews, suggesting the toll could rise further.
Israeli artillery also shelled eastern areas of Khan Younis and neighbourhoods east of Gaza City and Beit Lahia in the north, while Israeli naval vessels fired toward fishing boats off Gaza City’s coast. No injuries were immediately reported in the naval attack.
Since the October ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 905 Palestinians and wounded 2,713 others, according to the Palestinian health ministry, bringing the total death toll since the outbreak of Tel Aviv's genocidal war on the strip in October 2023 to 72,797, most of them women and children.
The ERC said it has continued operating at the Rafah border crossing since the start of the war, adding that the crossing on the Egyptian side “has never been fully closed”. The organisation said more than 990,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid have entered Gaza through its operations, supported by more than 65,000 volunteers.
The latest convoy came days after Gaza’s government media office warned that restrictions on aid deliveries and fuel supplies were deepening the humanitarian crisis in the enclave.
According to the office, only 2,287 aid trucks entered Gaza between 15 and 21 May, far below the more than 4,200 trucks expected during that period.
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