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Tuesday, December 19, 2023
127 aid trucks enter Gaza today through Israeli and Egyptian crossings, as figure remains down
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Israel’s military liaison to the Palestinians COGAT says that 127 trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza today.
Sixty-seven trucks were inspected at Israel’s Nitzana Crossing before being transferred to Egypt’s Rafah Crossing and ferried into Gaza.
Sixty trucks were inspected at Israel’s Kerem Shalom Crossing and entered Gaza directly from there.
The number continues to lag behind the figure of 200, which Israel revealed earlier this week it committed to allowing in each day moving forward as part of the hostage deal last month.
Israel blames the UN and Egypt for failing to keep up with the amount of trucks that it is inspecting each day, while they in turn argue that Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza makes it impossible to safely deliver large amounts of aid.
The Times of Israel Community.