Egyptian Pink Crecent members monitor vehicles carrying humanitarian support as they enter the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, following an settlement between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025.
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CAIRO — Preparations had been underway Sunday for a ramp-up of support coming into the war-battered Gaza Strip underneath a brand new ceasefire deal that many are hoping will sign an finish to the devastating 2-year-long warfare.
The Israeli protection physique in command of humanitarian support in Gaza, COGAT, stated that the quantity of support coming into Gaza Strip is predicted to ramp up on Sunday to round 600 vehicles per day, as stipulated within the settlement.
Egypt stated it’s sending 400 vehicles carrying support into Gaza Sunday. The vehicles must be inspected by Israeli forces earlier than being allowed in.
Related Press footage confirmed dozens of vehicles crossing the Egyptian facet of the Rafah crossing. The Egyptian Pink Crescent stated the vehicles embrace medical provides, tents, blankets, meals and gasoline.
The vehicles will head to the inspection space within the Kerem Shalom crossing for screening by Israeli troops. In current months, the U.N. and its companions have been in a position to ship solely 20% of the help wanted in Gaza due to the preventing, border closures and Israeli restrictions on what enters.
Increasing Israeli offensives and restrictions on humanitarian support have triggered a starvation disaster, together with famine in components of the territory.
On this satellite tv for pc photograph from Planet Labs PBC, a line of autos might be seen ready to journey north alongside the Al Rashid Avenue to Gaza Metropolis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025.
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The United Nations has stated that it has about 170,000 metric tons of meals, medication and different humanitarian support able to enter Gaza as soon as Israel offers the inexperienced mild.
Gaza Humanitarian Fund future in query
The destiny of the Gaza Humanitarian Basis, an Israeli- and U.S.-backed contractor that changed the U.N. support operation in Gaza in Might as the first meals provider in Gaza, stays unclear.
Meals distribution websites operated by the group within the southernmost metropolis of Rafah and central Gaza had been dismantled following the ceasefire deal, a number of Palestinians stated Sunday.
Hoda Goda, who used to go to the GHF websites in Rafah earlier this 12 months, stated folks had dismantled the constructions and brought wooden and steel fences GHF staff used to manage the crowds.
One other Palestinian, Ehab Abu Majed, stated the location in japanese Khan Younis was additionally dismantled, and there was no meals distribution up to now two days. Ahmed al-Masri, a person residing within the central Nuseirat refugee camp, stated a 3rd website within the Netzarim hall space was additionally dismantled.
GHF had been touted by Israel and america in its place system to stop Hamas from taking up support. Nevertheless, its operations had been mired in chaos and a whole lot of Palestinians had been killed by Israeli gunfire whereas heading to its 4 websites. The Israeli army has stated its troops fired warning pictures to manage crowds.
A GHF consultant declined to remark Sunday.
Preparations for hostage, prisoner launch, Trump go to
Preparations had been additionally underway Sunday for the discharge of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
A message despatched Saturday from Gal Hirsch, Israel’s coordinator for the Hostages and the Lacking and obtained by The Related Press, advised hostage households to arrange for the discharge of their family members beginning Monday morning. One of many households of the hostages confirmed the word’s authenticity.
President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the West Wing of the White Home, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington.
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Hirsch stated preparations in hospitals and in Rei’im camp had been full to obtain the dwell hostages, whereas the useless shall be transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medication for identification.
A world activity pressure will begin working to find deceased hostages who are usually not returned inside the 72-hour interval, stated Hirsch. Officers have stated the seek for the our bodies of the useless, a few of whom could also be buried underneath rubble, might take time.
Israeli officers consider about 20 of the hostages out of 48 held by Hamas and different Palestinian factions in Gaza are nonetheless alive. The entire residing hostages are anticipated to be launched Monday.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who pushed to clinch the ceasefire deal, is predicted to reach in Israel Monday morning. He’ll meet with households of hostages and converse on the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in response to a schedule launched by the White Home.
Trump will then proceed on to Egypt, the place the workplace of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has stated he’ll co-chair a “peace summit” on Monday with attendance by regional and worldwide leaders.
Timing has not but been introduced for the discharge of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel who’re to be freed underneath the deal. They embrace 250 folks serving life sentences along with 1,700 folks seized from Gaza throughout the warfare and held with out cost.
Well being authorities in Gaza are making ready for the return of 1,900 Palestinian prisoners — lots of whom are anticipated to require “pressing remedy” — and useless our bodies taken by Israel’s army from the strip, Dr. Mounir al-Boursh, Director Common of the Ministry of Well being within the enclave, stated in a press release.
He stated he hopes that the our bodies of medical personnel who died in Israeli detention facilities shall be amongst these handed over and referred to as for the discharge of docs Hossam Abu Safiya and Marwan al-Hams, who had been detained from Gaza throughout the warfare.
Gaza residents return house
Palestinians continued to maneuver again to areas vacated by Israeli forces Sunday, though many had been returning to properties decreased to rubble.
Satellite tv for pc images analyzed by The Related Press confirmed a line of autos touring north to Gaza Metropolis. The images taken Saturday confirmed a line of autos on Al Rashid Avenue, which runs north-south alongside the Gaza Strip’s shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea.
Tents alongside the coast additionally might be seen close to Gaza Metropolis’s marina. Many individuals have been residing alongside the ocean to keep away from being focused in Israeli bombardment of the town.
Displaced Palestinians stroll amid destroyed buildings within the closely broken Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza Metropolis, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause of their warfare and the discharge of the remaining hostages.
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Armed police had been seen in Gaza Metropolis and southern Gaza patrolling the streets and securing support vehicles driving by means of areas from which the Israeli army had withdrawn, in response to residents. The police pressure is a part of the Hamas-run Inside Ministry.
Two years of warfare have wrought devastation
The warfare started when Hamas-led militants launched a shock assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, during which some 1,200 folks had been killed and 250 taken hostage.
In Israel’s ensuing offensive, greater than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, in response to Gaza’s Well being Ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants however says round half the deaths had been girls and kids.
The warfare has destroyed giant swaths of Gaza and displaced about 90% of its 2 million residents. It has additionally triggered different conflicts within the area, sparked worldwide protests and led to allegations of genocide that Israel denies.
Whereas each Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza welcomed the preliminary halt to the preventing and plans to launch the hostages and prisoners, the longer-term destiny of the ceasefire stays murky. Key questions on governance of Gaza and the post-war destiny of Hamas have but to be resolved.
Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz stated in a put up on X that he had instructed the Israel army to arrange to start destroying the community of tunnels constructed by Hamas underneath Gaza “by means of the worldwide mechanism that shall be established underneath the management and supervision of the U.S.” as soon as the hostages are launched.
