The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said it had 4,000 aid trucks ready to enter Gaza on Sunday as the ceasefire came into effect.
Around half of them carry food and flour, UNRWA said in a post on X.
Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA), wrote in a post on X Sunday that there is “no time to lose.”
“We are on crossings ready to get aid convoys moving into Gaza at scale and pace. Lifesaving food and medicine for survivors,” he said.
A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas took effect on Sunday after an almost three-hour delay.
According to the agreement, humanitarian aid into Gaza will be ramped up to 600 trucks a day – a significant increase in what has been allowed until now. However, a UN humanitarian official has previously warned this would be “only a start” in addressing the strip’s humanitarian crisis.
