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Added on the 23/03/2024 12:23:44 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Trucks carrying aid cross into the southern Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing on the second day of the truce as Hamas fighters are set to release a new wave of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. IMAGES
"These trucks are not just trucks, they are a lifeline, they are the difference between life and death for so many people in Gaza," says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a statement to the press as he visits the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip. SOUNDBITE
Aid trucks drive into Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war enters its seventh month. IMAGES
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing at the border with Egypt. The aid's arrival comes after the truce between Israel and Hamas expired on Friday, with Israel telling NGOs not to bring aid convoys through the crossing, the Palestine Red Crescent Society had said. But on Saturday, the charity announced its Egyptian colleagues had managed to send over a number of trucks. IMAGES
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants. IMAGES