Aid convoy set to enter Gaza a ‘drop in the ocean of need’ says WHO
Twenty trucks preparing to enter Gaza through Rafah crossing, but Israel says aid will halt if seized by Hamas
Aid agencies have warned that the help set to arrive in Gaza could be too little too late for many of the territory's desperate population as preparations were being made for a small convoy of lorries carrying humanitarian aid to enter Gaza on Friday, under a deal between the US, Israel and Egypt.
The US president, Joe Biden, brokered an agreement during his one-day visit to Israel on Wednesday for an initial convoy of 20 trucks to pass through the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza on Friday. Under conditions demanded by the Israelis, further consignments of relief supplies would be dependent on whether the first delivery was distributed without Hamas involvement.
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