Over thousand truckloads of humanitarian aid enter Gaza Strip Within 6 days of truce

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has reported that 1,028 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered the Gaza Strip during the six days that the ceasefire was in effect.

Increased delivery of humanitarian aid was one of the conditions of the deal between Israel and Hamas, Caliber.Az reports, citing NEWSru.co.il.

On November 29 alone, four tankers of diesel fuel and four tankers of domestic gas were delivered to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing and handed over to international organisations.

In addition, 200 truckloads of humanitarian aid were allowed into the Gaza Strip after security checks at the Nitsana crossing.

Meanwhile, the Israeli authorities admit the possibility of the imminent return of civilians in the north of the Gaza Strip to their homes in the event of a military operation in the southern part of the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli and American politicians are currently actively discussing the issue of protecting civilians who left en masse to the south of the Gaza Strip.

"Among the many options is moving civilians back to the north after the end of military operations there," an informed source familiar with the talks told CNN.

According to him, the issue of a possible return of civilians to the north of the Gaza Strip is being discussed in telephone conversations "at the level of US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," and no concrete decisions on the issue have been made yet.

In addition, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian Hamas movement have announced an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip.

Israel and Hamas agreed on November 30 to extend the ceasefire in their war by at least one more day, minutes before the six-day truce was due to expire.

Israel's military said in a statement the truce will continue as mediators sought to release more hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

The truce, extended from its initial four days, has brought the first respite in the bombardment of Gaza with much of the coastal territory of 2.3 million having been reduced to wasteland in response to a deadly rampage by Hamas militants into southern Israel on Oct. 7.

"In light of the mediators' efforts to continue the process of releasing the hostages and subject to the terms of the framework, the operational pause will continue," said the Israeli statement, released minutes before the temporary truce was due to expire.

Hamas, which freed 16 hostages in exchange for 30 Palestinian prisoners on November 29, said in a statement that the truce would continue for a seventh day.

The militant group earlier said Israel had refused to receive a further seven women and children and the bodies of three other hostages in exchange for extending the truce.

Both sides had said they were ready to resume fighting.

Israel has sworn to annihilate Hamas, which rules Gaza, in response to the Oct. 7 rampage by the militant group, when Israel says gunmen killed 1,200 people and took 240 hostages.

Before the truce, Israel bombarded the territory for seven weeks and killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, according to health authorities in the coastal strip.