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Monday, December 18, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Monday, December 18, 2023
US says 200 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza yesterday, in first since truce
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid arrive at the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 18, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Nearly 200 trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza yesterday for the first time since last month’s seven-day truce, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says.
The spike in the number of trucks after weeks of far lower numbers is due at least partially to the “significant” decision by Israel to reopen its Kerem Shalom Crossing for the first time since the start of the war.
Eighty trucks entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom alone yesterday, while the other 120 or so trucks entered Gaza through Egypt’s Rafah Crossing.
