Egypt sends large aid convoy to Gaza amid ceasefire

27/1/2025 6:08

Egypt sent a convoy of 305 trucks of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

The Egyptian Cabinet said in a statement that Egypt's Tahya Misr Fund provided the convoy which includes 4,200 tons of food and humanitarian aid, along with 11 equipped ambulances.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, who attended the launch of the convoy, said that it is the fifth of its kind organized by the fund and civil society institutions to provide aid and relief to the Palestinian people in Gaza, according to the statement.

More than 4,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza during the first six days of the ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire brokered by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, which began on Jan. 19, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.