A total of 106 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrived today in the Gaza Strip. through the border crossing from where 12 ambulances transferred several injured people to Egyptian territory and evacuated foreigners trapped in the Palestinian enclave, various sources reported.

Sources from the Egyptian Red Crescent informed EFE that 106 trucks with medical supplies, water and food entered the Palestinian Strip this Wednesday through Rafahthe only entrance to the Palestinian enclave that is not controlled by Israel.

LOOK HERE: Palestinians with dual nationality cross from Gaza to Egypt through the Rafah crossing

However, this new shipment did not include fuel, an extremely necessary resource for the operation of hospitals, bakeries and water purification plants, due to the veto imposed by Israel due to fear that it would reach the Islamist group. Hamas.

Likewise, humanitarian sources told EFE that 12 ambulances transported several injured people to Egyptian territory, treated mainly in the Al Arish hospital40 kilometers from Rafah, and they evacuated foreign citizens and Palestinians with dual nationality, although they did not specify the number.

This movement in Rafah has occurred despite the fact that the spokesman for the Department of State US, Vedant Patelstated today that Rafah is temporarily closed due to “security circumstances” which he did not specify, while he said that “There has been no incoming or outgoing traffic all day”.

There are already more than 1,400 people who have been evacuated to Egypt since the country opened the Rafah crossing last Wednesday for the entry into its territory of Palestinians with dual nationality and foreign citizens trapped in Loopthanks to an agreement with Israel mediated by USA and Qatar.

MORE INFORMATION: Dozens of Egyptian ambulances cross the Rafah crossing to transport injured Palestinians

Egypt has estimated the total number of Palestinians with foreign passports and citizens of other countries who would arrive in the North African country through this route at around 7,000 people, of 60 nationalities.

Since the start of the war on October 7, 10,569 people have died as a result of Israeli bombings in the Gaza Stripincluding 4,324 children, according to the latest data from the Gaza Ministry of Health.

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