More than 100 UN aid trucks entered Gaza via Egypt on Tuesday after Israel agreed to reopen a key crossing for humanitarian supplies.

RAFAH: More than 100 United Nations aid trucks crossed into the Gaza Strip via Egypt’s Rafah border crossing on Tuesday, according to sources who spoke to AFP.

The deliveries resumed after Israel agreed to reopen the Kerem Shalom crossing for the “gradual entry of humanitarian aid”, having closed all crossings into the Palestinian territory on Saturday following a joint attack with the United States on Iran.

A source at the border, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the trucks, including those from UNICEF, entered the Rafah crossing on Tuesday.

An official with the Egyptian Red Crescent, which coordinates aid deliveries, stated that the trucks proceeded through Rafah to the Kerem Shalom crossing for inspection, adding that Israeli authorities did not send any shipments back to Egypt, which is their standard procedure when rejecting aid.

Both sources confirmed that no Palestinians were allowed to pass through the crossing on Tuesday.

The Rafah crossing, which is the only gateway for Gazans to the outside world that bypasses Israel, had only reopened for limited civilian movement on February 2, nearly two years after Israeli forces seized control of it.

A statement from the Red Crescent on Tuesday said the convoy contained hundreds of tonnes of food, relief supplies and “fuel products to operate hospitals and vital facilities”.

The United Nations had previously warned that its partners in Gaza were “forced to ration fuel, prioritise life-saving operations” within the devastated territory.

The Egyptian Red Crescent official also noted that another aid convoy was dispatched on Wednesday and was awaiting permission to enter.

The flow of aid is stipulated under an October peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which requires that 600 aid trucks be allowed into Gaza per day.

 The Sun Malaysia