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After two weeks of blockade and siege by Israel, humanitarian aid began to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing, the only one connecting the Palestinian enclave with Egypt. The first 20 trucks with water, food and medicine crossed the border this Saturday, October 21, thanks to the efforts of the UN and the Egyptian government. teleSUR

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00:00 The rough border crossing between Egypt and Gaza has finally been opened to allow the
00:04 entrance of several trucks carrying medical supplies after a week of intense negotiations.
00:08 These supplies, useful as they are, will only provide temporary relief to the citizens of
00:12 the Gaza Strip, whose living conditions are worsening by the day.
00:16 Our correspondent Akram Dallu has the details.
00:21 After great efforts, Israel finally allowed some truckloads of medicine and medical supplies
00:27 to enter the Gaza Strip under Israeli, US and Egyptian conditions and supervision.
00:34 The most prominent of these conditions may be not to let these supplies and food into
00:39 the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, as they are considered insecure areas and may only
00:44 reach the center and south of the Gaza Strip.
00:47 These trucks cannot solve the magnitude of the catastrophe ravaging the Gaza Strip, according
00:52 to official authorities.
00:57 Fundamentally, what they need most is an immediate cessation of the Israeli aggression, which
01:03 continues to take the lives of more innocent people.
01:06 These, of course, are some teams affiliated with the Palestine Red Crescent Society, and
01:11 there are also teams of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
01:16 in the Near East, that will oversee the distribution of this aid in some areas of the Gaza Strip.
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