The Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza has finally been opened for aid trucks into Gaza on Saturday.
Al Jazeera reports that Hamas’s media office confirmed that “The relief aid convoy that is supposed to enter today includes 20 trucks that carry medicine, medical supplies, and a limited amount of food supplies [canned goods],”
The World Health Organization took to X to highlight that its trucks consists of trauma supplies for 1,200 people, portable trauma bags for on-the-spot stabilisation for 235 people, medication for chronic diseases for 1,500 people, essential health supplies for 300,000 people for three months.
En route to Rafah border, 4 trucks from WHO bring vital aid to Gaza:
— WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (@WHOEMRO) October 21, 2023
▪️Trauma supplies for 1200 ppl
▪️Portable trauma bags for on-the-spot stabilization for 235 ppl
▪️Meds for chronic diseases for 1500 ppl
▪️Essential health supplies for 300,000 ppl for 3 months pic.twitter.com/58Q6uATbEr
It is, however, important to note that the besieged Gaza Strip has a population of 2.3 million people.
Humanitarian workers have been saying that 20 trucks are not enough for the catastrophe caused by Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip. So far, more than 4,000 people have been killed while more than 12,000 are injured.
The UN reported that there is a severe dearth of food and drinking water while sanitation facilities, water wells, reservoirs, and pumping stations have been destroyed due to air raids.
Hamas’s media office has also stated that this aid “will not change the catastrophic medical conditions in Gaza”.
Previously, US President Joe Biden visited Israel and announced the agreement to allow 20 trucks in Gaza through Egypt.
