Egypt said Friday it has agreed to send UN humanitarian aid trucks through Israel's main crossing into Gaza, but it remained unclear if they will be able to enter the territory as fighting raged in the southern city of Rafah amid Israel's escalating offensive there.
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas hold photos of their loved ones during a performance calling for their return in Tel Aviv on Thursday, May 23, 2024. Egypt said Friday it has agreed to send UN humanitarian aid trucks through Israel's main crossing into Gaza, but it remained unclear if they will be able to enter the territory as fighting raged in the southern city of Rafah amid Israel's escalating offensive there.
Israeli troops seized the Rafah crossing into Egypt, which has been inoperative since. The nearby Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza has remained open, and Israel says it has been sending hundreds of trucks a day into it. But while commercial trucks have successfully crossed, the UN says it cannot reach Kerem Shalom to pick up aid as it enters because fighting in the area makes it too dangerous.
Mercy Corps, an aid group operating in Gaza, said in a statement Friday that the offensive had caused the "functional closure of the two main lifelines" of aid and "has brought the humanitarian system to its knees." Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mainly civilians, and abducted around 250 others in the Oct. 7 attack. Around half of those hostages have since been freed, most in swaps for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel during a weeklong ceasefire in November.
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