Egypt to allow 200 trucks with humanitarian aid to enter Gaza daily after ceasefire begins
Kyiv • UNN
After the ceasefire, Egypt will allow 200 trucks with humanitarian aid and fuel to enter Gaza daily. The ceasefire, brokered by Qatar, includes a prisoner exchange and the hope is that it will lead to a permanent ceasefire
Egypt is going to allow 200 trucks with humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip every day after the ceasefire agreement comes into force, UNN reports with reference to Reuters.
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Egypt said that 200 trucks with humanitarian aid, 130 thousand liters of diesel fuel and four trucks with gasoline will enter Gaza daily. This would be a step up from the current deliveries through the Rafah crossing, but still far less than the UN and other aid agencies believe is needed.
Israel said the ceasefire could last longer than the first four days if the militants release at least 10 hostages a day.
The first pause in the seven-week war is expected to be accompanied by the release of 50 women and children hostages taken by militants who attacked Israel on October 7 in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
The Doha operations center will monitor the truce and the release of hostages and has direct lines of communication in real time with Israel, Hamas' political office in Doha and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari.
Qatar hopes to conclude another agreement on the release of additional hostages from the Gaza Strip before the fourth day of the truce.
"We all hope that this truce will provide a chance to start broader work to achieve a permanent ceasefire," he said.
The truce would include a comprehensive ceasefire in both the northern and southern Gaza Strip, al-Ansari said.
According to al-Ansari, the first group of hostages to be released will include 13 women and children.
Egypt, which helped mediate between Hamas and Israel, confirmed the start time of the truce and that the 13 hostages would be released in the afternoon, adding in statements by its state news service that it was receiving lists of prisoners to be released from both sides.
As a reminder,
On November 24 at 7 a.m., a four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, brokered by Qatar, came into effect.
