Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, October 21, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, October 21, 2023
20 aid trucks cross into Gaza; UN: this must not be the last convoy
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up on the Egyptian side of the border with the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Twenty trucks carrying aid cross into the Gaza Strip this morning as the Rafah crossing with Egypt opens for the first time since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Reports from the border say the crossing closed again after the trucks went through.
That first convoy “must not be the last,” UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says.
“I am confident that this delivery will be the start of a sustainable effort to provide essential supplies… to the people of Gaza,” says Griffiths.
“This first convoy must not be the last,” he warns.
More than 200 trucks were waiting on the Egyptian side.
