The Egyptian Red Crescent continues to provide food and relief aid to the Gaza Strip, launching today the 23rd ‘Zad Al-Izza… From Egypt to Gaza’ convoy. It includes 200 trucks carrying humanitarian aid towards the southern Gaza Strip through the Kerem Abu Salem crossing. The convoy carries more than 3700 tons of necessary aid, including nearly 3500 tons of food baskets and flour, and over 200 tons of essential relief supplies needed by the sector.

This comes as part of Egypt’s efforts to provide food and relief support to the people of Gaza. The Egyptian Red Crescent operates as a national mechanism to coordinate and facilitate aid to Gaza at the border since the beginning of the crisis. The Rafah crossing has not been completely closed from the Egyptian side, and the Red Crescent has maintained readiness at all logistical centers and continued efforts to allow the entry of aid, which has exceeded half a million tons of humanitarian and relief assistance, supported by 35,000 volunteers.