An Associated Press journalist at the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing point with Egypt says fuel trucks have crossed into Gaza for the first time since Israel imposed its total siege on the strip. He says U.N. vehicles escorted the seven trucks.
Hospital personnel in Gaza have reported doctors performing procedures by the light of cellphones in recent days due to a severe fuel shortage.
A convoy of 17 trucks bringing aid to besieged Palestinians crossed into Gaza on Sunday, Egypt’s state-run media reported.Residents of Gaza have been under an Israeli blockade that cut off food, water, medicine and electricity since Hamas militants rampaged through southern Israel on Oct. 7. The more than 2 million residents of the territory have been struggling under Israeli airstrikes and with dwindling resources since then.
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