Highest number of aid trucks since start of war enter Gaza

In the past three days, the military said more than 1,200 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza.

 Egyptian Red Crescent members and volunteers gather next to a truck carrying humanitarian aid as it drives through the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 22, 2023 (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)
Egyptian Red Crescent members and volunteers gather next to a truck carrying humanitarian aid as it drives through the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 22, 2023
(photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)

The military said on Tuesday that 468 aid trucks crossed into the Gaza Strip in the past day, via the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Unit (COGAT). 

This is the highest number of trucks to have crossed into the Strip in one day since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. 

In the past three days, the military said more than 1,200 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza.

 Aid is air-dropped over Gaza, amid the ongoing the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, March 1, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/KOSAY AL NEMER)
Aid is air-dropped over Gaza, amid the ongoing the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, March 1, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/KOSAY AL NEMER)

Aid to the Strip in numbers 

In addition, the IDF stated that via airdrops to the Strip, some 303 packages containing thousands of meals were delivered. 

The military added that on Monday night it had coordinated the entry of 47 food trucks into Gaza. 

In a report published earlier this week containing statistical information regarding the Israel-Hamas war, the IDF noted that since the beginning of the war, it had inspected 19,776 trucks at the Kerem Shalom and Nitzana crossings. These amounted to some 369,990 tons of aid.