Fuel trucks and humanitarian aid began to enter into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah land crossing, in accordance with the temporary humanitarian pause agreement that went into force after it was reached by the mediation of Qatar, in partnership with Egypt and the US.
According to Egyptian media, seven fuel trucks entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing immediately after the pause went into force yesterday at 7am Palestine local time, noting that 60 humanitarian aid trucks were also being brought in as a first batch yesterday.
This is the first pause of its kind since the start of the violent Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip on Oct 7, which has so far killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, including 6,150 children and more than 4,000 women, in addition to more than 36,000 wounded.
The agreement generally stipulates the exchange of 50 civilian women and children prisoners in the Gaza Strip in the first stage, in exchange for the release of a number of Palestinian women and children detained in Israeli prisons, provided that the number of those released will be increased in later stages of implementing the agreement.
The pause, which will last for four days and is subject to extension, will also allow the entry of a larger number of humanitarian convoys and relief aid, including fuel designated for humanitarian needs.
Qatar affirms that the main goal of this agreement is to be an impetus for more pauses, leading to a comprehensive cessation of this war.
A man stands near aid trucks that arrived at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt during a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Friday.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Hamas, Friday.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Hamas, Friday.
