![Trucks cross into Rafah town through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip. [Said Khatib/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_standard/public/im/Syria2/181531427.jpg?itok=c3D7A6oe "Trucks cross into Rafah town through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip. [Said Khatib/AFP]")
An aid convoy entered the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing on Tuesday for the first time since the June 30 coup which overthrew Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi.
Director of the Egyptian side of the terminal Sami Mutwalli told Ma'an that the convoy consisted of 100 tons of medicine, medical equipment and canned food.
The aid was donated by the international Rescue committee and to delivered to Gaza under the supervision of the Egyptian Red Crescent Association.
The Rafah crossing has been the principal connection between Gaza's 1.7 million residents and the outside world since the imposition of an economic blockade by Israel beginning in 2007.
Rafah has frequently been shut down or operating at reduced capacity in recent months due to ongoing unrest in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and political turmoil resulting from former president Mohamed Morsi's ouster by the Egyptian military in July.
Director of the Egyptian side of the terminal Sami Mutwalli told Ma'an that the convoy consisted of 100 tons of medicine, medical equipment and canned food.
The aid was donated by the international Rescue committee and to delivered to Gaza under the supervision of the Egyptian Red Crescent Association.
The Rafah crossing has been the principal connection between Gaza's 1.7 million residents and the outside world since the imposition of an economic blockade by Israel beginning in 2007.
Rafah has frequently been shut down or operating at reduced capacity in recent months due to ongoing unrest in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and political turmoil resulting from former president Mohamed Morsi's ouster by the Egyptian military in July.
