Another 17 aid trucks enter Gaza through Rafah crossing

A 17 aid trucks entered on Sunday into the southern Gaza from the Egyptian side of Rafah border crossing, as Israel intensified strikes on the Palestinian enclave facing a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation.

It was the second aid shipment into the strip after Israel has imposed a total blockade and launched air strikes on Gaza in response to Hamas Group’s attack on Israel on October 7.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, told the peace summit in Cairo: “The people of Gaza need a commitment for much, much more – a continuous delivery of aid to Gaza at the scale that is needed.”

More than 40 percent of all Gaza’s housing has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN citing local authorities, and Israel has halted food, water, fuel and electricity supplies.