People in Gaza Mourn After Israeli Strike Turns Home Into Crater | VOA News

Women in Gaza City wailed Saturday, as they mourned the victims of an Israeli airstrike that included children.

A 20-truck convoy of the Egyptian Red Crescent carrying humanitarian aid, including food, medicine and water, began entering the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday through the Egypt-controlled Rafah Crossing.

“Those trucks need to move as quickly as possible in a massive, sustained and safe way from Egypt into Gaza,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a peace summit in Cairo Saturday.

He thanked Egypt for its role in facilitating the convoy.

“But the people of Gaza need a commitment for much, much more — a continuous delivery of aid to Gaza at the scale that is needed,” he said. “We are working nonstop with all parties that are relevant to make it happen.”

Dozens of trucks have been lined up near Rafah for several days waiting for the border to open to bring aid to Gaza’s more than 2 million residents.

U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said in a statement that the “life-saving supplies” in the convoy are provided by the Egyptian Red Crescent and the United Nations. He said they are approved to cross into Gaza and be received by the Palestinian Red Crescent, with the support of the United Nations.