20 trucks carrying aid for Palestinians enter Gaza through Rafah checkpoint

A third convoy of humanitarian aid trucks delivered water, food and medicine to the besieged Gaza Strip, Report informs referring to Reuters.

Humanitarian deliveries through the Rafah crossing from Egypt began on Saturday after wrangling over procedures for inspecting the aid and bombardments on the Gaza side of the border had left relief materials stranded in Egypt.

Rafah is the main crossing in and out of Gaza that does not border Israel. Since Israel has imposed a "total siege" of the enclave in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants on October 7, Rafah has become the focus of efforts to deliver aid.

Twenty trucks entered Gaza via Rafah on Monday, taking the total to 54 trucks since Saturday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

The UN said no fuel would mean a water desalination plant could not function along with bakeries and hospitals.

UN officials say about 100 aid trucks would be needed daily to meet essential needs in Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million people. Some 1.4 million of those are now homeless.