STORY: :: Gazans rush to grab aid supplies from moving trucks entering Rafah
:: Rafah, Gaza
:: January 20, 2025
The entrance of aid into Gaza comes after a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which took effect Sunday (19 January), suspending a 15-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and inflamed the Middle East.
More than 47,000 Palestinians have since been killed in Israeli attacks, according to medical officials in Gaza. Nearly the entire 2.3 million population of Gaza is homeless. Around 400 Israeli soldiers have also died.
The truce calls for fighting to stop, aid to be sent into Gaza and 33 of the nearly 100 remaining Israeli and foreign hostages to go free over the six-week first phase in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Many of the hostages are believed to be dead.