Egypt's 12th aid convoy heads to Gaza with food, fuel supplies - Foreign Affairs
The three fuel trucks add to the previous five that entered Gaza since last Sunday, bringing the total number to eight fuel deliveries in a week.
The 12th convoy is loaded with hundreds of tons of food, water, medical supplies, and other relief materials. It involves canned meals, legumes, and essential medicines.
Upon entering the Karm Abu Salem crossing, which operates from 8am to 5pm, the trucks undergo a lengthy inspection process before being allowed to enter the strip.
Once cleared, they are handed over to the Palestinian Red Crescent and United Nations agencies for distribution inside Gaza.
Egypt has been dispatching near-weekly land convoys to Gaza since Israel announced a "tactical pause" that allows limited aid entry to the strip after five months of complete Israeli blockade on food, water, and medicine entry, which pushed the strip's population into a catastrophic famine.
Egypt sent its first convoy after months of blockade, under the "Zad Al-Ezza" humanitarian initiative, on 27 July.
On Sunday, Egypt's 11th aid convoy entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing, including three diesel tankers. The convoy included over 3,000 tons of food, medical supplies, personal care items, infant formula, and tens of thousands of loaves of bread prepared by the ERC.
According to Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) Executive Director Amal Imam, Egypt has sent 36,000 trucks carrying more than 500,000 tons of aid since the war began.
Moreover, the Egyptian Armed Forces have conducted airdrops of food into isolated areas of Gaza.
The renewed aid push comes as Gaza's 2.3 million population struggles to survive under Israel's systemic policy of blockade and starvation.
Palestinian health officials say the manmade famine has killed 212 civilians in Gaza, half of whom were children.
According to the United Nations, the entire population is now facing food insecurity. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has also warned of a 'worst-case scenario of famine.'
Since May, the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has been presented as an alternative to the UN-run aid system. However, Israel has been using its distribution sites as bait to target Palestinians as they wait to receive assistance.
Egypt, several global and regional powers, and dozens of international aid agencies have condemned the GHF as a 'mechanism of death' for Palestinians.
Since the inception of GHF, the Israeli forces have killed over 1,500 Palestinians near its centres, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported.
As of Sunday, at least 31 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in Gaza, hospitals and witnesses said.
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