106 trucks carrying relief supplies are heading to Gaza and 12 ambulances are transporting the wounded to Egypt
A total of 106 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrived in the Gaza Strip today through the Rafah border crossing, from where 12 ambulances brought several injured people into Egyptian territory and evacuated foreigners stuck in the Palestinian enclave, various sources reported. Egyptian Red Crescent sources told EFE that this Wednesday, 106 trucks carrying medical supplies, water and food entered the Palestinian Strip through Rafah, the only entrance to the Palestinian enclave not controlled by Israel. However, this new shipment did not contain fuel, a critically necessary resource for running hospitals, bakeries and water treatment plants, since Israel vetoed it over fears it could go to the Islamist group Hamas.
Humanitarian sources told EFE that 12 ambulances transported several injured people to Egyptian territory, treated mainly at Al-Arish hospital, 40 kilometers from Rafah, and evacuated foreign citizens and Palestinians with dual nationality, although they did not specify the number. The movement in Rafah came despite U.S. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel saying today that Rafah was temporarily closed for “security reasons” he did not specify, while also saying that “there was no incoming traffic.” have”. or sociable throughout the day.” Thanks to an agreement with Israel brokered by the United States, more than 1,400 people have already been evacuated to Egypt since the country closed the Rafah border crossing last Wednesday for the entry of dual-citizen Palestinians and foreign nationals stuck in Gaza, opened into its territory and Qatar. Egypt estimates the total number of Palestinians with foreign passports and citizens of other countries who would enter the North African country via this route at around 7,000 people from 60 nationalities.