Israel Relief supplies return to the Gaza Strip

SDA

20.10.2025 - 10:10

dpatopbilder - A truck loaded with humanitarian aid crosses the Egyptian gate of the Rafah border crossing and is inspected by Israeli authorities before entering the Gaza Strip. Photo: Mohammed Arafat/AP/dpa
dpatopbilder - A truck loaded with humanitarian aid crosses the Egyptian gate of the Rafah border crossing and is inspected by Israeli authorities before entering the Gaza Strip. Photo: Mohammed Arafat/AP/dpa
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Following a suspension of aid deliveries, Israel is once again allowing humanitarian goods into the Gaza Strip. The political leadership has ordered that "humanitarian aid will continue to reach the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom crossing and other crossings", according to security sources. It remains unclear how many crossings have actually been reopened for aid deliveries.

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On Sunday, security sources had reported that aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip had been halted due to the "flagrant violation" of the ceasefire agreements by the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas.

Israel flew its heaviest air strikes since the ceasefire began

According to the Israeli army, soldiers were attacked on Sunday in the south of the Gaza Strip with a bazooka, among other things, and two soldiers were killed. Israel then carried out the heaviest air strikes since the ceasefire began on October 10. According to hospital reports, 44 Palestinians were killed. Hamas denies the accusations and insists that it is not behind the attacks.

Israeli security sources also said that the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt would remain closed to passenger traffic until further notice.

After the ceasefire came into force, aid deliveries were expanded as part of the agreement, with a target of 600 trucks a day.