The Egyptian networks Al Qahera News and Extra News, close to the Government, said that the vehicle has already crossed into the Palestinian side.
He first truck with about 25 thousand liters of fuel entered today Gaza Strip for him Rafah border crossingsince the beginning of the war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on October 7, according to Egyptian media.
A source who did not want to reveal his identity told the EFE news agency that the fuel will be given to the United Nations Organization (UN) for the Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), and thus “facilitate the delivery of aid after trucks on the Palestinian side stopped working.” And he added that more vehicles are expected to enter in the coming days.
The announcement of the truck’s entry came hours after the United States’s president, Joe Bidenand the prime minister of israel, Benjamin Netanyahuheld a new telephone conversation to address “the latest developments” in the Gaza Strip.
At the same time, witnesses on the Egyptian border they said that two more trucks were waiting to go through this intersection.
The entry of fuel into Gaza generates a “great relief”
Workers of the Egyptian red crescent They assured from the Rafah crossing that fuel inletwhich is needed to run electrical generators, is a “great relief” for the population since the start of the war.
The UNRWA and diverse NGOs They have been denouncing for weeks that lack of fuel this affecting humanitarian aid delivery operationswhile causing outages or suspensions of operations in hospitals, desalination plants and other key infrastructure.
“It’s very simple. Without fuel, the humanitarian operation in Gaza is coming to an end. Many more people will suffer and probably die. It is incredible that humanitarian agencies have to beg for fuel and operate on life support,” said the commissioner general of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini.
Source: Ambito
