The aid trucks that entered the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night were able to do so not as part of the agreement between the Palestinian movement Hamas and Israel, but as a result of the efforts of the Egyptian leadership, said the governor of Egypt's North Sinai province, Khaled Mughawir.
“Thanks to cooperation with our partners, a significant number of aid trucks did indeed enter Gaza. However, this happened outside the framework of the negotiations between Hamas and Israel, which are being conducted with the mediation of Egypt and Qatar, and as a result of political efforts on the Egyptian side,“, the official stressed.
Mugawir added that the humanitarian aid vehicles were mainly delivering food products, including flour, to the enclave. According to him, “this was done to save the residents of Gaza from starvation, which they are already suffering from amid acute food shortages“.
The governor of North Sinai noted that Cairo “has significant reserves“ and is “ready to ensure the entry of hundreds of trucks into Gaza every day“. The Egyptian Red Crescent Society will coordinate the delivery of aid to the enclave, which according to Mughawir “has very large warehouses located near the checkpoints on the border with the enclave“.
The official assured that the province he governs “is ready to accept aid from other countries, regardless of whether it is delivered to Egypt by land, air or sea“. Hospitals in areas bordering Gaza are also "on high alert to treat any wounded" who may be taken there for treatment if the Rafah crossing reopens, Mughawir said.
On July 24, Egyptian television channel "Al-Qahira al-Ikhbariya" reported that 166 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Thursday evening, and another 180 vehicles crossed the enclave's border during the day on Thursday. The channel said the vehicles entered through the Zikim and Kerem Shalom crossings.
As of March 2, 2025, aid from international humanitarian organizations and UN agencies has stopped entering the Gaza Strip. In May, as an alternative to the traditional aid distribution system, Israel, with the support of the United States, created a new scheme for organizing the delivery of food to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, which includes the transfer to the Humanitarian Fund for Gaza of a de facto monopoly on the establishment of distribution centers and the distribution of food and essential goods. The plan was criticized by international organizations, the key point of criticism being the location of distribution centers in “security zones“, free from military action in the southern part of Gaza, which, according to experts, could lead to the forced displacement of the enclave's residents.