Dozens of humanitarian aid trucks crossed the Egyptian Rafah border into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after first passing through Israeli authorities for inspection, according to Egyptian officials and confirmed by EFE News Agency. The deliveries came on a day when the Zionist entity announced a “tactical pause” in military operations.

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“The trucks are carrying large quantities of food, flour, and essential infrastructure supplies, as part of Egypt’s ongoing efforts to ease the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” reported Egyptian state-run channels Al Qahera News and ExtraNews. Both broadcasters aired live footage of the vehicles leaving Egyptian territory.

Al Qahera News reported that a total of 458 aid trucks has entered Kerem Shalom – vertex between Israel, Egypt, and Gaza- over the past four days, carrying various types of food and humanitarian supplies, including infant formula and flour.

The channel noted that these goods had been stored for “a long time” in a logistics zone in Rafah, located in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, near the Gaza border. It also reported that Egyptian authorities do not allow any products to be transported without first verifying expiration dates and ensuring they are safe for human consumption.

Over the weekend, Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the country has been working “around the clock since the start of the war to stop the fighting, deliver aid through Rafah, and lead reconstruction efforts under a plan backed by Arab nations.”

The ministry also confirmed that Rafah has remained open on the Egyptian side, but that Israeli forces that control the Palestinian side are blocking access. Amid a sharp rise in malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza, the Israeli military announced a daily “tactical pause” of ten hours in three areas of the enclave to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid “every day until further notice.”

The military added that “safe routes” would be established between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. (local time) to facilitate the movement of United Nation employees and aid organization convoys delivering food and medicine to the people of the enclave.

The announcement comes after Netanyahu’s regime resumed air drops of humanitarian aid over the territory, where famine has surged. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 127 people—including 85 children—have died from malnutrition since the start of Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

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