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About 280 aid and fuel trucks enter Gaza on third day of ceasefire

About 280 trucks have brought additional humanitarian aid and fuel from Egypt to the Gaza Strip so far on Tuesday, the third day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Trucks first enter the Palestinian territory via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. They are then directed to the nearby Kerem Shalom crossing on the Israeli border, where the cargo is inspected and released for distribution within Gaza.

Among the trucks that arrived on Tuesday were 25 carrying fuel, a representative of the Egyptian Red Crescent told dpa.

Since the ceasefire began on Sunday, more than 1,700 aid trucks have crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, according to the representative.

About 4,000 additional trucks are ready to gradually enter the area. For the first time in 270 days, ambulances are also ready to transport injured Palestinians.

Meanwhile, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said Qatar has launched an initiative to fuel the Gaza Strip.

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He said 25 trucks full of fuel arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday.

“We are satisfied with the level of implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza,” al-Ansari said.

He added that the mediators, including Qatar, have confidence in the commitment of both parties to adhere to the terms.

Al-Ansari said the second exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners will take place this weekend.

Aid trucks enter Palestinian areas from the Rafah border crossing. A newly brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip came into effect on Sunday after being postponed for several hours due to a dispute over the first hostages to be released under the deal. Had Hamdy/dpa

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