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Third aid convoy enters Gaza via Egypt border crossing

AFP, Rafah

Published: 23 Oct 2023

Third aid convoy enters Gaza via Egypt border crossing

Volunteers from Qatar and Egypt’s Red Crescent humanitarian organisations check unloaded aid destined for the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip at Egypt's el-Arish airport in the north Sinai peninsula on October 22. Photo : AFP

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An aid convoy entered the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday via the Rafah border crossing, AFP correspondents on the Egyptian and Palestinian sides said, the third since war erupted on October 7.

More than a dozen lorries crossed Rafah, the correspondents said, adding to a previous total of 34 trucks that had entered Gaza on Saturday and Sunday according to an Egyptian Red Cross official.

The United Nations says at least 100 trucks a day are needed to provide the basic needs of Gaza's 2.4 million inhabitants as fighting triggered by a massive Hamas onslaught rages on, with thousands killed already.

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