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The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory run by Hamas.

The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory run by Hamas.

Just 20 trucks were allowed in, an amount that aid workers said was insufficient to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Food, medicines, water purifiers, hygiene products and blankets: the aid was piling in Egypt's Sinai region at El Arish airport, which even opened an extra landing strip to cope with deliveries. Rafah, the border crossing into Gaza that Egypt had promised to open on Friday, is a few dozen kilometers to the east, said AFP. It is the only crossing into the blockaded Palestinian territory that is not controlled by Israel.

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Geneva/Cairo/Jerusalem, Oct 19 (EFE).- In Gaza, one in four houses has been damaged or destroyed by Israeli airstrikes, according to the United Nations, as the Palestinian enclave suffers from severe shortages of food and essential supplies. Volunteers at the Egyptian border are hindered by the Israeli military blockade and ongoing bombings, making it difficult to …

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 17, 2023 - As many as 2 million Palestinian refugees remained cut off from humanitarian aid in Egypt Tuesday as a blockade on the only viable passage out of Gaza remained in place amid Israels ongoing war with Hamas.

Rafah, Gaza, Oct 19 (EFE).- Israeli airstrikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with shells hitting a bakery and a 14-storey building which was reduced to rubble, Palestinian sources said. Israel bombed the vicinity of several bakeries in the enclave, “when dozens of citizens were congregating and lining up to buy bread, causing …

The aid will feed into projects to cope with the “deteriorating” humanitarian situation in the region, which has led to millions fleeing their homes.