Many more truckloads of aid are waiting in Egypt. Hundreds of trapped Americans had come to the border, hoping the aid delivery could be chance to escape the violence. But none were allowed out.
Aid convoy trucks cross the Rafah border from the Egyptian side on Oct. 21, 2023 in North Sinai, Egypt.JERUSALEM — Twenty trucks carrying medicine, medical supplies and food crossed into Gaza on Saturday morning from Egypt, marking the first humanitarian aid to arrive in the territory since an Israeli bombardment campaign began two weeks ago.gathered at the Gaza side, hoping to escape the violence that has beset the Palestinian territory.
The 20 trucks represent a U.N.-brokered deal urged along by world leaders, including President Biden, who visited Israel this week. Among the concerns delaying the aid were Israel's fear that Hamas could intercept it or use the trucks to smuggle in weapons. of the border's opening but warned that anyone attempting to cross should expect"a potentially chaotic and disorderly environment on both sides of the crossing."
Wafa Elsaka, a retired elementary school teacher from Tallahassee, Fla., answered the State Department's phone call as she already stood at the Rafah crossing."This is the third time coming in here according to your emails to say it's open," she said."So hopefully it's the charm." Like many other people in Gaza, both Okal and Elsaka had moved to southern Gaza ever since Israelis urged the evacuation of the northern part of the territory.
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