A private sector truck, which does not belong to a humanitarian caravan, entered the Gaza Strip this Monday for the first time since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, according to US diplomacy.
The truck’s entry into the territory is “a crucial step in improving the lives of Palestinians in Gaza,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.
“Not only humanitarian aid, but also commercial products that can be sold in shops and markets,” he added.
Israel allows humanitarian aid to enter through Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the enclave, and, since Sunday, under pressure from the United States, it allows entry through the Kerem Shalom crossing for the first time.
The Israeli Government declared war on the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in retaliation for the attack of unprecedented proportions since the creation of the Jewish State in 1948, perpetrated in Israeli territory by fighters from that group on October 7, which left 1,200 dead , most of them civilians, according to Tel Aviv authorities.
In power in the Gaza Strip since 2007, Hamas has been classified as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Israel, among other countries.
The death toll in the Gaza Strip is now approaching 19,000 – 70% of whom are women, children and adolescents – victims of the intense Israeli bombings that have targeted the Palestinian enclave, according to the Ministry of Health. local, supervised by Hamas.
Source: TSF
