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The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) says 200 trucks carrying humanitarian aid have been sent to international aid organisations in Gaz through the Rafah crossing “as a party of the operational pause”.

“The humanitarian aid trucks carried food, water, equipment for shelters and medical supplies,” it said in a post on X.

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