Hope Rises as Trucks Bring Aid to Gaza Amid Ceasefire

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Hope Rises as Trucks Bring Aid to Gaza Amid Ceasefire
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Trucks are now visible at increasingly more border crossings between Israel and Gaza. Hope is ignited about the significant increase in emergency aid made possible by the ceasefire, reports Al Jazeera and BBC.

According to BBC, several trucks have crossed the border, but it is not clear how many are involved.

The question is whether and when there will be an increase. On Thursday, Israel's responsible authority Cogat announced that a total of 500 trucks had entered Palestinian territory during a 24-hour period.

600 trucks are needed

Israel and the Palestinian Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization, agreed on Thursday that full humanitarian aid should be allowed into Gaza, but it is unclear exactly when it will be opened up for all aid and how much can be brought into the area during the coming time. The UN estimates that at least 600 trucks per day are needed to begin addressing the humanitarian crisis.

"Help is coming"

UN agency Unicef's spokesperson Tess Ingram tells BBC that she has just arrived in Gaza City, where thousands of Palestinians have returned since the ceasefire came into effect on Friday.

Help is coming into the Gaza Strip. The challenge will be to ensure that we can increase the effort and get more help in quickly, since the volumes that have come in during the entire conflict have been far too low, she says.

Ingram says she hopes that Sunday "will be the first day when we see such an increase in aid", and that it must reach people throughout the Gaza Strip.

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