An aid convoy has entered the besieged Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing, AFP correspondents on the Egyptian and Palestinian sides report.

More than a dozen lorries crossed Rafah, the correspondents said, adding to a previous total of 34 trucks that had entered Gaza on Saturday and Sunday according to an Egyptian Red Cross official.

A man steers a donkey drawn cart carrying water and a family in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 23, 2023. — AFP
A man steers a donkey drawn cart carrying water and a family in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 23, 2023. — AFP

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