Humanitarian aid trucks began entering Gaza on Sunday following the implementation of a long-anticipated ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, according to the United Nations.
Jonathan Whittall, interim chief of the UN’s OCHA agency for the Palestinian territories, confirmed on social media platform X that the first trucks of supplies started entering the territory shortly after the ceasefire took effect.
He noted that humanitarian partners had been working tirelessly to load and distribute essential aid across the war-ravaged region.
An anonymous Egyptian source reported that 260 aid trucks and 16 fuel carriers entered via the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom and Nitzana crossings.
Meanwhile, journalists witnessed hundreds of trucks carrying relief materials waiting at the Rafah border crossing and near El-Arish, preparing for final clearance before delivering their cargo to Gaza.
The Rafah border crossing, a key route for humanitarian supplies, had been closed since May after Israeli forces took control on the Palestinian side.
Sunday’s truce, mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, comes after over 15 months of conflict, which began with a Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, the deadliest in Israeli history.
