TEL AVIV, November 9. /TASS/. At least 64 trucks carrying international humanitarian cargo entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said on X (formerly Twitter).

"64 trucks of international humanitarian aid were inspected and transferred to Gaza via the Rafah Crossing today," COGAT said in a statement.

According to the statement, 18 trucks delivered food to the Palestinian enclave, 11 - medicines, 25 - water, two - essentials for temporary accommodation centers and the other eight brought miscellaneous humanitarian consignments.

Tensions in the Middle East flared up again on October 7 when Hamas militants launched a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, killing many Israeli kibbutz residents living near the Gaza border and abducting more than 200 Israelis, including women, children and the elderly. Some 1,400 Israelis have been killed, with not all victims having been identified yet. The Palestinian radical movement described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel declared a total siege of Gaza and started carrying out strikes on the Palestinian enclave, as well as on certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.