120 humanitarian aid trucks enter besieged Gaza Strip

CAIRO – 1 March 2024: A total of 120 trucks of humanitarian aid crossed, on Friday, the Rafah border crossing with Palestine from the Egyptian side to the Gaza Strip, according to the Rafah Crossing Administration.

Additionally, 43 injured Palestinians and those accompanying relatives entered from the besieged Gaza to Egypt for medical treatment. Meanwhile, 300 passengers and 80 Egyptians left the strip for Egyptian territory.

As for the holders of foreign passports, 57 people entered the Egyptian side and will be on their way to their countries.

Furthermore, Al-Arish Airport in North Sinai has continued to receive planes transporting humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip since October 12, 2023.

The total number of planes that arrived at Al-Arish Airport in North Sinai has reached 622 planes, transporting aid to Gaza and official delegations since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza. The Egyptian Red Crescent received this aid and transported it from Al-Arish to the Gaza Strip.

Over the past few hours, 2 planes from the Emirates, another plane from Belgium, and 2 others from Jordan landed at Al-Arish Airport.

Gharib Abdel Hafez, spokesman for the Egyptian Armed Forces, confirmed on Thursday that Egypt and the UAE are continuing their joint efforts to airdrop tons of humanitarian aid onto the north of the Gaza Strip.

The northern part of the besieged strip is facing systematic starvation by Israeli forces amid ongoing shelling and sniping of Palestinians. So far, six infants have been starved to death due to the absence of baby formula and malnutrition. Israel has killed more than 30,00 people and injured more than 70,000 others in the strip since October 7, 2023.