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White House: 55 aid trucks entered Gaza yesterday

By Jacob Magid

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2 November 2023, 9:37 pm Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Palestinians unload boxes of medicine from a truck arrived at Nasser Medical Complex, as part of the aid batch that entered the Gaza Strip from the Rafah crossing Sunday, in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says 55 trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza yesterday through Egypt’s Rafah crossing.

While the US has said it expects the number of trucks to increase every day with an initial goal of reaching 100, Wednesday’s total represents a four truck drop from Tuesday, when 59 trucks entered Gaza, according to the US State Department.

However, Israel’s COGAT military liaison to the Palestinians said that 61 trucks entered Gaza on Wednesday.