A correspondent from CNN on the Gaza side of the border witnessed people cheering and waving as aid convoys entered the territory.
Hundreds of aid trucks were seen lining up at the Rafah border this Sunday morning (19) before the truce came into force, according to Al Qahera News, an affiliate of the Egyptian government.
Shipments from the World Food Program (WFP) have already started to enter the region, reported the United Nations body.
“The first WFP trucks successfully crossed from Egypt to Gaza carrying wheat flour and life-saving food packages. We are working to deliver 150 trucks daily to reach families in urgent need using all available borders in Egypt, Jordan and Israel”, published the WFP Supply Chain and Delivery body on the social network X, this Sunday (19), accompanied by a video of moving trucks carrying aid packages.
According to the agency, entry took place via the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings, in Egypt.
“WFP can send around 30 thousand tons of food per month to cover more than one million people. All border crossings must remain open and operate efficiently and reliably”, pointed out the program body in the Middle East and North Africa, in a post on X this Sunday. “This ceasefire is critical to the humanitarian response. Security and access must be guaranteed.”
The first trucks have started crossing from Egypt through Kerem Shalom/Karam Abu Salem into .
WFP can send around 30,000 tons of food each month to reach over 1 million people.
All border crossings must remain open & function efficiently & reliably.— WFP in the Middle East & North Africa (@WFP_MENA)
Six hundred aid trucks will be allowed into Gaza every day under the ceasefire agreement — a .
The UN warned, however, that this would be “just a start” in dealing with .
More than 15 months of Israeli bombing have devastated Palestinian territory, triggering a humanitarian disaster marked by hunger, disease and lack of medical assistance.
