Oct 23, 2023, 2:31 PM

3rd Gaza-bound aid convoy enters Rafah crossing from Egypt

3rd Gaza-bound aid convoy enters Rafah crossing from Egypt

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – A third convoy of aid trucks entered the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Monday bound for the besieged Gaza Strip, an aid worker and two security sources said.

Humanitarian deliveries through Rafah began on Saturday after wrangling over procedures for inspecting the aid and bombardments on the Gaza side of the border had left relief materials stranded in Egypt.

Rafah is the main crossing in and out of Gaza that does not border Occupied Lands .

On Saturday and Sunday, 34 trucks passed through. The number of trucks in Monday's convoy was similar to each of those days, the aid worker and security sources said.

UN officials say about 100 trucks would be needed daily to meet essential needs in Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million people and where stocks of food, water, and fuel have been running low.

Israeli regime is blocking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as it has laid a full blocked on the enclave.

The second aid convoy crossed the Rafah border crossing and entered Gaza on Sunday.

RHM/PR

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