An understanding was reached, authorities said, to raise a U.N. banner at the Rafah crossing and to have global onlookers investigate help trucks before they enter the area.


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A U.N.- handled bargain was struck on Thursday that was supposed to permit trucks conveying philanthropic guide to enter Gaza from Egypt, two authorities said, albeit the subtleties of how and when the frantically required food and medication would be conveyed were not promptly known.

Gazans, previously living under a bar by Israel and Egypt, have been progressively frantic since Israel answered Hamas' ruthless Oct. 7 psychological oppressor assault with airstrikes and a "complete attack" of the territory. Almost around 50% of the populace has been uprooted, as indicated by the Unified Countries, and lessening fundamental assets compromise debacle for its multiple million occupants.


The deal includes the U.N. flag being raised at the Rafah crossing and international observers inspecting aid trucks before they enter Gaza, to satisfy a demand by Israel, according to the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the news.
Adding to pressure on Israel to ease the crisis in Gaza, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain visited Tel Aviv and said, after meeting with President Isaac Herzog, that they had “agreed on the importance of getting urgent humanitarian support to ordinary Palestinians in Gaza who are also suffering.”
Previous reports of imminent agreements to ease the backup at Gaza’s border with Egypt — both for people and aid — have failed to materialize. Egypt said it would allow 20 aid trucks into the enclave, according to Mr. Biden, but the timing is unclear. Hopes are high that the aid trucks would be able to cross into Gaza on Friday, according to European Union officials. As diplomats continued to hammer out logistics, roads were being repaired on Thursday so that large trucks loaded with aid would be able to pass through the crossing, according to a person briefed on the situation.

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  • Israel’s northern border with Lebanon remained tense as Hezbollah and the Israeli military continued clashes there. With Israel threatening a ground invasion of Gaza, many in the region fear that the fighting with Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, could escalate into a war involving Lebanon, too.
  • Israel’s military said it had been in contact with the families of 203 people taken hostage in the Oct. 7 attack, raising by four the number of people believed to be held in Gaza. The military also said that it had caught a fighter from Hamas trying to return to Gaza, leaving open the possibility that others were still in Israel. Daniel Hagari, a military spokesman, said soldiers would “continue combing the area” for other members of the group.
  • Mr. Biden is scheduled to give a prime-time address from the Oval Office on Thursday about the war and is expected to request $100 billion for Israel, Ukraine and other crises from Congress by the end of the week. The decision to link aid for Ukraine to aid for Israel reflects the urgency of both wars — and a calculation about Republican support.
  • Seven Palestinians were killed in the West Bank in the last 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, including one who was shot dead by settlers during an attack on a Palestinian village. The remaining six were killed by Israeli forces during overnight raids, the ministry said.
  • Satellite imagery shows hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles have gathered about four miles north of the Erez Crossing into northern Gaza, in preparation for a potential ground invasion. The crossing has been closed since Hamas fighters seized it on Oct. 7.
  • Gaza health officials told a news conference that at least 3,785 people had been killed in the enclave since Oct. 7. The figures are believed to include casualties from the hospital explosion in Gaza City. Hamas and Israel blame each other for that blast, which saw sporadic protests in Europe and in some Arab nations for a second night.