Trucks head to the Egyptian side of border to be loaded with aid that will be delivered to Palestinians in Gaza, as seen from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Reuters TV

Eight lorries carrying food, medicine, and water were expected to cross into the Gaza Strip on Friday, a senior UN official said. Technical, political, and security issues have hindered deliveries. “We have gotten in approximately 74 trucks. We’re expecting another eight or so today,” Lynn Hastings, the UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said in Geneva.

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