The convoy carried food, relief, and medical supplies as the Israeli-manufactured famine conditions worsened across the strip, where starvation-related deaths have climbed to 266, including 112 children.

Humanitarian access through Rafah has been blocked since Israel seized the Palestinian side of the crossing on 7 May 2024, forcing aid to be rerouted via the Israeli-controlled Karm Abu Salem terminal.

Despite Egypt’s dispatch of 18 convoys since late July, thousands of trucks remain stranded on the Egyptian side awaiting Israeli "inspection and clearance." More than 5,000 trucks are reportedly stuck at Rafah alone.

Since October 2023, Egypt has facilitated over 70 percent of the aid that entered Gaza: 45,125 trucks carrying 500,000 tonnes of supplies. Of these, Egypt provided 368,000 tonnes, and other countries provided 132,000 tonnes.

Despite this record, Cairo has faced accusations of blocking aid.

Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty rejected such claims in a Monday interview with CNN anchor Becky Anderson, calling them “a big lie” and stressing that Israel alone is obstructing aid flows.

He said Israel has destroyed the Palestinian Rafah terminal four times and that its forces are “physically there, preventing any truck or person from moving in.”

On Sunday, the Foreign Ministry reiterated Egypt’s rejection of any attempt to displace Palestinians from Gaza or the occupied West Bank — whether by force or, in its words, “through policies of starvation, land confiscation, settlement expansion and rendering life untenable.”

Since the outbreak of the genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, Israel has killed over 62,000 Palestinians in the strip, the majority being women and children.