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Preparations were underway connected Sunday (October 12, 2025) for a ramp-up of assistance entering the war-battered Gaza Strip nether a caller ceasefire deal that galore are hoping volition awesome an extremity to the devastating 2-year-long war.
The Israeli defence assemblage successful complaint of humanitarian assistance successful Gaza, COGAT, said that the magnitude of assistance entering the Gaza Strip is expected to ramp up connected Sunday (October 12) to astir 600 trucks per day, arsenic stipulated successful the agreement.
Egypt said it is sending 400 trucks carrying assistance into Gaza connected Sunday. The trucks volition person to beryllium inspected by Israeli forces earlier being allowed in.
The Associated Press footage showed dozens of trucks crossing the Egyptian broadside of the Rafah crossing. The Egyptian Red Crescent said the trucks see aesculapian supplies, tents, blankets, nutrient and fuel.
The trucks volition caput to the inspection country successful the Kerem Shalom crossing for screening by Israeli troops. In caller months, the U.N. and its partners person been capable to present lone 20% of the assistance needed successful Gaza due to the fact that of the fighting, borderline closures and Israeli restrictions connected what enters.
Expanding Israeli offensives and restrictions connected humanitarian assistance person triggered a hunger crisis, including famine successful parts of the territory.
The United Nations has said that it has astir 170,000 metric tons of food, medicine and different humanitarian assistance acceptable to participate Gaza erstwhile Israel gives the greenish light.
The destiny of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli- and U.S.-backed contractor that replaced the U.N. assistance cognition successful Gaza successful May arsenic the superior nutrient supplier successful Gaza, remains unclear.
Food organisation sites operated by the radical successful the southernmost metropolis of Rafah and cardinal Gaza were dismantled pursuing the ceasefire deal, respective Palestinians said Sunday.
Hoda Goda, who utilized to spell to the GHF sites successful Rafah earlier this year, said radical had dismantled the structures and taken wood and metallic fences GHF workers utilized to power the crowds.
Another Palestinian, Ehab Abu Majed, said the tract successful eastbound Khan Younis was besides dismantled, and determination was nary nutrient organisation successful the past 2 days. Ahmed al-Masri, a antheral surviving successful the cardinal Nuseirat exile camp, said a 3rd tract successful the Netzarim corridor country was besides dismantled.
GHF had been touted by Israel and the United States arsenic an alternate strategy to forestall Hamas from taking implicit aid. However, its operations were mired successful chaos and hundreds of Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire portion heading to its 4 sites. The Israeli subject has said its troops fired informing shots to power crowds.
A GHF typical declined to remark Sunday.
Preparations were besides underway Sunday for the merchandise of Israeli hostages held successful Gaza and Palestinian prisoners held successful Israel.
A connection sent Saturday from Gal Hirsch, Israel’s coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing and obtained by The Associated Press, told hostage families to hole for the merchandise of their loved ones starting Monday morning. One of the families of the hostages confirmed the note’s authenticity.
Hirsch said preparations successful hospitals and successful Rei’im campy were implicit to person the unrecorded hostages, portion the dormant volition beryllium transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification.
An planetary task unit volition commencement moving to find deceased hostages who are not returned wrong the 72-hour period, said Hirsch. Officials person said the hunt for the bodies of the dead, immoderate of whom whitethorn beryllium buried nether rubble, could instrumentality time.
Israeli officials judge astir 20 of the hostages retired of 48 held by Hamas and different Palestinian factions successful Gaza are inactive alive. All of the surviving hostages are expected to beryllium released Monday.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who pushed to clinch the ceasefire deal, is expected to get successful Israel Monday morning. He volition conscionable with families of hostages and talk astatine the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, according to a docket released by the White House.
Trump volition past proceed connected to Egypt, wherever the bureau of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has said helium volition co-chair a “peace summit” connected Monday with attendance by determination and planetary leaders.
Timing has not yet been announced for the merchandise of immoderate 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held successful Israel who are to beryllium freed nether the deal. They see 250 radical serving beingness sentences successful summation to 1,700 radical seized from Gaza during the warfare and held without charge.
Palestinians continued to determination backmost to areas vacated by Israeli forces Sunday, though galore were returning to homes reduced to rubble.
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press showed a enactment of vehicles traveling northbound to Gaza City. The photos taken Saturday showed a enactment of vehicles connected Al Rashid Street, which runs north-south on the Gaza Strip’s coastline connected the Mediterranean Sea.
Tents on the seashore besides could beryllium seen adjacent Gaza City’s marina. Many radical person been surviving on the oversea to debar being targeted successful Israeli bombardment of the city.
Armed constabulary were seen successful Gaza City and confederate Gaza patrolling the streets and securing assistance trucks driving done areas from which the Israeli subject had withdrawn, according to residents. The constabulary unit is portion of the Hamas-run Interior Ministry.
The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants launched a astonishment onslaught connected confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, successful which immoderate 1,200 radical were killed and 250 taken hostage.
