Eight trucks containing humanitarian aid were brought into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening through the Rafah crossing with Egypt. The trucks include water, food and medical equipment.
Sources in Israel stated that all the equipment was inspected by security forces before being permitted to enter the Strip.
According to the Red Crescent, this is the fourth aid convoy that has entered Gaza since the start of the war. The organization noted that five of the trucks contained water, two carried food and one carried medicine.
On Saturday, the Rafah crossing opened for the first time since Hamas launched its brutal massacre on Israeli civilians on the morning of October 7, and 20 trucks carrying medication, medical equipment, and food passed through.
On Sunday, US President Joe Biden spoke and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone and agreed that “there will now be continued flow of this critical assistance into Gaza.”
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir criticized Israel’s agreeing to allow aid into Gaza and said, "Any agreement on continuous aid to Gaza that does not include the release of all our hostages is the continuation of the concept that led us to where we are. Humanitarian only in exchange for the release of all the hostages."
Later, the Prime Minister's Office clarified that "Israel will not provide any humanitarian aid to Gaza and will prevent any unsupervised supplies from others."