Fourth Aid Convoy Arrives in Gaza From Egypt, Palestinian Red Crescent Says

A fourth humanitarian aid convoy arrived in Gaza on Tuesday, October 24, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the following day.The convoy consisted of eight trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent, carrying water, food, and medicines, the PRCS said.Humanitarian aid has trickled into the Gaza Strip from Egypt’s Rafah border crossing since October 21.On October 24, senior UN official Lynn Hastings told the UN’s Security Council that the Gaza Strip remained under a “full electricity blackout” and said hospitals were “on the brink of collapse due to shortages of electricity, medicine, equipment, specialized personnel and the damage and destruction.”Hastings said “dialogue must continue to ensure essential supplies can get into Gaza at the scale needed.” Credit: Palestine Red Crescent via Storyful
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