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Added on the 18/05/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Gaza, May 11 (EFE/EPA).- The exchange of fire between Palestinian militias in Gaza and the Israeli Army intensified Tuesday with at least 30 Palestinians dead, including minors, and three dead In Israel.(Camera: MOHAMMED SABER)SHOT LIST: BOMBING IN GAZA AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE EXPLOSION.
Aid trucks drive into Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war enters its seventh month. IMAGES
Vedant Patel, the US Department of State deputy spokesperson, says that Israel should let the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA into Gaza, after he was denied entry. SOUNDBITE
The first commercial trucks have entered the Gaza Strip since the war, joining UN-led deliveries, the United States says. It is "a critical step towards improving the lives of the Palestinian people in Gaza that we see not just humanitarian aid delivered, but also commercial goods that can be sold in stores and markets," US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing at the border with Egypt. The aid's arrival comes after the truce between Israel and Hamas expired on Friday, with Israel telling NGOs not to bring aid convoys through the crossing, the Palestine Red Crescent Society had said. But on Saturday, the charity announced its Egyptian colleagues had managed to send over a number of trucks. IMAGES