FOURTEEN MORE AID TRUCKS ENTER GAZA THROUGH RAFAH BORDER CROSSING

Sun 22 October 2023:

A second aid convoy has crossed the Rafah border crossing and entered Gaza on Sunday as Joe Biden holds further talks with Benjamin Netanyahu.

Announcing the crossing of 14 additional aid trucks with aid provided by the Egyptian Red Crescent and the United Nations, UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said: Another small glimmer of hope for the millions of people in dire need of humanitarian aid. But they need more, much more.

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I’m particularly grateful to the aid workers on the Palestinian side who immediately sprang to action to offload the goods – despite the risks. True heroes. They, too, need protection.

The 14 aid trucks on Sunday joins the 20 aid trucks that crossed through the border and into Gaza on Saturday (marking the first convoy of aid that entered into the war-torn strip since 7 October).

International humanitarian organizations have called on the urgent and continous flow of aid into Gaza where over 4,600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli aistrikes while over 14,200 remain injured, the Gaza health ministry reports.

On Sunday, the US president spoke with the Israeli prime minister and welcomed the first two convoys of humanitarian assistance into Gaza. The leaders “affirmed that there will now be continued flow of this critical assistance into Gaza”, the White House said.

It also added that Biden and Netanyahu discussed ongoing efforts to secure the release of all the remaining hostages currently held by Hamas, including US citizens. Biden also thanked Netanyahu for Israel’s support in helping accommodate the release of two US hostages earlier this week. According to Israel, 212 hostages are held by Hamas in Gaza.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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