The 111th convoy of humanitarian aid trucks began entering to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip Wednesday through the subsidiary gate of the Rafah land port in North Sinai Governorate heading toward the Karem Abu Salem Crossing in preparation for their entry into the Strip.
A reliable source at Rafah Border Crossing said the trucks of “Zad Al-Ezza from Egypt to Gaza” convoy No. 111 include thousands of tons of food and humanitarian aid, medical supplies and medicines, in addition to various petroleum products and shelter assistance.
Israeli occupation forces had closed the crossings linking the Gaza Strip since March 2, 2025, following the end of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and the failure to reach an agreement to solidify the ceasefire. Israeli occupation forces violated the truce with intense airstrikes on March 18, 2025 and resumed ground incursions into various areas of the Gaza Strip from which it had previously withdrawn. It also prevented the entry of humanitarian aid trucks, fuel and shelter supplies for displaced persons who lost their homes due to the war on Gaza and refused to allow the entry of heavy equipment needed to remove rubble and begin reconstruction in the Strip.
In May 2025, Israeli occupation forces allowed limited quantities of aid to enter, which did not meet the minimum needs of Gaza’s population, under a mechanism implemented in cooperation with a US security company. The mechanism was rejected by UN organizations, other relief agencies, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for contravening established international mechanisms in this regard.
The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) has been present as a national mechanism to coordinate and dispatch aid to the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the crisis in October 2023. The Rafah Border Crossing has not been completely closed during this period and the organization continues its preparedness across all logistical centers and its ongoing efforts to deliver aid through 35,000 volunteers.
