Egypt Sends 130,000 Liters of Fuel, 200 Aid Trucks to Gaza
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Gaza – After Israel and Hamas decide to a ceasefire, Egypt revealed some 200 trucks of humanitarian aid, 130,000 liters of diesel and four trucks of gas will enter the Gaza Strip daily once the temporary lull in fighting goes into effect at 7 a.m. on Friday.
It's part of a highly anticipated hostage-and-truce deal that will see a total of 50 Israeli hostages, women and children, freed by Hamas over a four-day ceasefire and the release by Israel of 150 Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas and other terror factions abducted some 240 people from Israel on October 7 when thousands of terrorists rampaged through southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, a majority of them civilians in their homes and at an outdoor music festival amid shocking brutality.
Many of the terrorists wore cameras and gleefully streamed their atrocities.
Egypt and Qatar helped mediate the negotiations. According to the deal, the truce will last four days and hostages will be released in groups each day.
Under the deal approved by both sides of the conflict, Palestinians are expected to be released from Israeli prisons, Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said in Doha.
"We all hope this ceasefire will provide an opportunity to start broader efforts to achieve a permanent ceasefire," Al-Ansari said, as reported the Times of Israel.
Additional assistance will also begin flowing into Gaza and Israeli hostages held by Hamas, including elderly women, will be released at 4 p.m. local time. A total of 50 Israeli hostages will be released in a four-day ceasefire deal.
As information, the conflict in the Middle East region peaked when Hamas invaded southern Israel on October 7, 2023 and killed 1,200 people.
In retaliation, Tel Aviv killed at least 14,854 Palestinians, including 6,150 children and more than 4,000 women, according to health authorities in the enclave.