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Gallery|Israel-Palestine conflict

Limited aid enters Gaza as Israeli bombing compounds dire situation

The convoy of 20 trucks is nowhere near enough to address the needs of the besieged enclave, officials say.

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A truck carrying aid arrives at a UN storage facility in the central Gaza Strip. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
Published On 21 Oct 202321 Oct 2023
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A small number of trucks carrying humanitarian aid have started entering the besieged Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, even as Israel’s bombardment of the besieged enclave continued unabated.

The convoy of 20 trucks is the first to enter Gaza since fighting between Hamas and Israel began two weeks ago. It included food supplies and medicines but no fuel, which aid groups say is “absolutely critical” for Gaza’s 2.3 million residents.

Meanwhile, deadly Israeli air raids continued on Saturday across Gaza Strip, including in the south, where Israel had previously ordered residents relocate.

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Egyptian Red Crescent trucks at the Rafah border crossing. Aid agencies say the truckloads are nowhere near enough to covering the immense needs of Gaza's population. [Mohammed Asad/AP Photo]
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The convoy carries medicines and food supplies, but not much-needed fuel. [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]
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Palestinians shop at a supermarket in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip as the first aid trucks arrived in the war-torn enclave, bringing humanitarian relief to the Palestinian civilians suffering what the UN chief labelled a "godawful nightmare" [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
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Palestinians wait to receive food aid outside a supermarket in Rafah [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
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Meanwhile, Israel's bombardment of Gaza has continued abated. Here, a young injured woman is pictured in a hospital after an Israel air raid on Rafah. [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
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Palestinians look for survivors after the attack on Rafah. [Hatem Ali/AP Photo]
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Residents rescue a woman after an Israeli attack on the buildings of the Abu Asad family in Deir el-Balah. [Hassan Eslaiah/AP Photo]
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This house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, was also bombarded. [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]
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A Palestinian woman holds her cousin who was killed in the Israeli bombardment of Rafah. [Hatem Ali/AP Photo]
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A Palestinian woman looks out of her window after the attack on Rafah. [Hatem Ali/AP Photo]


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