At least 26 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing on Friday. This was reported on his page on the social network X Office for the Coordination of Israeli Government Activities in the Palestinian Territories (COGAT).
According to the information provided, 12 trucks delivered 330 tons of food to the Palestinian settlement area, 10 trucks – 200 tons of medical supplies, 3 trucks – 60 tons of water, and 1 – 15 tons of basic needs to organize the work of temporary shelter centers. .
It was also known that on November 18, a special plane belonging to the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, Il-76, flew. flew out From Grozny to El-Arish in Egypt to deliver 30 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.