Amid mounting international pressure for Israel to increase aid to the Gaza Strip, especially following an Israeli attack that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, Israel has increased the pace of aid to the Gaza Strip. , Israeli media reported that the country plans to open a new border to transport aid supplies. on sunday.
According to COGAT, 322 aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, the most since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
“Today, 322 humanitarian aid trucks were inspected and transferred to Gaza. This is the largest number of aid trucks transferred to Gaza in one day since the start of the war,” an Israeli government official said.
Israel announces Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Fitr numbers following a phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden that discussed the deaths of seven aid workers and Israeli cabinet deliberations. Preparations are underway to move an unprecedented amount of aid to Gaza ahead of the day. End of Ramadan.
Steps up efforts to secure aid to Gaza
KAN News reports that Israel plans to open another crossing near the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip in the coming days, which will further increase the influx of humanitarian aid trucks into the Strip.
The Jordanian military will also send a convoy of about 100 aid trucks loaded with aid from the United Nations World Food Program, which will pass through the Kerem Shalom intersection, KAN said. Much of the aid from Jordan was airdropped or sent through convoys of aid trucks.
Egypt also plans to send more aid, increasing the number of aid trucks to around 300.
KAN also reported that Ashdod port will be opened to deliver humanitarian aid directly to Gaza. At this point, only flour supplies are coming in from the port of Ashdod. According to the aid expansion plan, the trucks will load supplies at the port of Ashdod and enter Gaza through the Kerem Shalom and Nitzana crossings.
Finally, preparations are being made to increase testing rates at the Kerem Shalom intersection due to the anticipated influx of aid. KAN quoted Israeli officials as saying more than 600 trucks could be inspected each day.
