The newspaper informed that the convoy departed this Sunday with food and medical supplies for the Gazan population, “affected by an Israeli-manufactured famine and relentless shelling.”

The Egyptian Crescent, in partnership with the United Nations, organized the convoy.

The publication reported that Cairo has supplied more than 70 percent of all aid entering the Strip since the start of the conflict in October 2023.

It detailed that more than 42,100 trucks laden with some 500,000 tons of food, medicine, and other essential products for the population there, in addition to 81,300 tons of fuel, left Egypt for Gaza.

Tension between Egypt and Israel continues to rise over the last day following statements attributed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.

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