Ahmed Kamel – Egypt Daily News
A total of 1,512 trucks carrying food, medical supplies, and fuel entered the Gaza Strip through Egypt’s Rafah crossing over the past week, as part of ongoing humanitarian efforts to support Palestinians in the besieged enclave.
According to an official source at the Rafah land crossing in North Sinai, the aid convoys coordinated between Egyptian, Arab, and international organizations, were transferred from Rafah to the Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing for entry into Gaza.
The shipments included assistance from the Egyptian Red Crescent, the National Alliance for Civil Development Work, and several Arab countries including Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. International and UN agencies also contributed to the effort. The trucks carried a wide range of humanitarian supplies such as food items, medicine, tents, and petroleum products.
The source confirmed that 95 of the trucks delivered fuel, including 68 carrying diesel, 25 carrying cooking gas, and two carrying gasoline. These supplies are vital for operating hospitals, bakeries, and essential infrastructure inside Gaza, where severe shortages have persisted amid the ongoing crisis.
Since July 27, a total of 9,147 aid trucks have crossed from Rafah to Karm Abu Salem, transporting approximately 70,000 tons of humanitarian and relief materials to Gaza, the official added. Among them were 134 fuel trucks carrying more than 3,000 tons of diesel, gas, and gasoline.
The delivery of fuel and other critical supplies remains a key component of relief efforts aimed at stabilizing daily life for Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, many of whom continue to face acute shortages of food, water, electricity, and medical resources.
Under the current ceasefire agreement, up to 600 humanitarian trucks are supposed to enter the Gaza Strip daily. However, the average number of trucks allowed through has hovered around 200 per day, due largely to Israeli restrictions and logistical bottlenecks at the crossings.
Egyptian authorities and international relief agencies have repeatedly called for the facilitation of aid deliveries, warning that delays in fuel and medical supplies could further worsen humanitarian conditions in the densely populated territory.
The Rafah crossing, Gaza’s main gateway to the outside world not controlled by Israel has been a critical lifeline throughout the crisis, serving as the primary conduit for humanitarian aid, medical evacuations, and foreign assistance to reach the enclave.
As relief operations continue, humanitarian organizations stress the urgency of ensuring consistent access to Gaza to prevent further deterioration of living conditions and to support reconstruction and recovery efforts once the situation stabilizes.
