Cairo, Aug. 21 -- Egypt has sent 1,288 humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing between July 27 and Aug 17, according to a statistical chart released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.
As many as 5,000 trucks carrying relief supplies are still waiting on the Egyptian side to enter Gaza, it showed.
Egypt has facilitated the entry of 550,000 tons of medical aid and food to Gaza since October 2023, accounting for about 70 per cent of the total humanitarian assistance sent to the enclave, according to the ministry.
The chart also recorded 168 airdrops from Egypt delivering 3,730 tons of relief supplies to Gaza, 1,022 planes from donating countries landing at El Arish Airport carrying 27,247...