173 Aid Trucks Enter Gaza Under Ceasefire Deal, Local Authorities Say

ISTANBUL, Oct 13 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- A total of 173 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, says the Palestinian Government Media Office.

“We confirm that 173 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Oct. 12 through the crossings, marking the first day following the ceasefire agreement,” it said in a statement on Monday, reported by Anadolu Ajansi.

It said three cooking gas trucks and six diesel fuel trucks crossed into the enclave to operate bakeries, generators, and hospitals amid an acute shortage of essential materials.

The media office said the quantities of humanitarian aid entering the Palestinian enclave are far from sufficient to meet the needs.

“Even the minimum humanitarian and living requirements of more than 2.4 million people,” it said.

It also reiterated the urgent need for a large, continuous, and organised bulk of aid, fuels, cooking gas, and relief and medical supplies.

Israel has maintained a blockade on Gaza, home to nearly 2.4 million people, for nearly 18 years and tightened the siege since March, when it closed border crossings and blocked food and medicine deliveries, pushing the Strip into famine.

The entry of the aid trucks came after the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement took effect on Friday under US President Donald Trump’s plan to end a two-year Israeli war on the enclave.

Since October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed more than 67,800 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them women and children, leaving the enclave largely uninhabitable.

--BERNAMA-ANADOLU