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200 trucks of humanitarian aid enter Gaza, over 50 of them for the northern Strip

25 November 2023, 3:07 pm Edit
A man sits with empty canisters waiting for them to be filled with cooking gas from a tank that entered the Palestinian enclave via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 25, 2023 (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
A man sits with empty canisters waiting for them to be filled with cooking gas from a tank that entered the Palestinian enclave via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 25, 2023 (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Two hundred trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip, with some of the supplies set to arrive in the northern part of the enclave for the first time since the start of the war.

Over fifty of the trucks are designated for the northern Gaza Strip, including to areas that have not been evacuated, with the approval of Israel, says the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).

Ahead of launching its ground operation, the Israel Defense Forces told Palestinian civilians to use humanitarian corridors to evacuate southwards to designated safe areas in the enclave.

The aid is entering the Strip as part of the temporary truce between Israel and the Hamas terror group, mediated by Egypt and Qatar.

As part of the agreement, some 50 children and women held hostage in Gaza are being released, along with three Palestinian prisoners for every Israeli set free.

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