“We understand that more than 3,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza during the first four days of the ceasefire. The arrival of aid has brought partial relief to the population,” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.

Humanitarian organisations have started to distribute the aid from centres throughout Gaza. Civilians are lined up at the gates of these aid centres waiting desperately to access these supplies, he said.

“Their suffering is exacerbated by rainfall and a search for alternative shelter, especially for families who have returned to the remnants of their destroyed houses.”

A displaced Palestinian youth holds a baby as children sit inside a tent in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza on January 22. — AFP
A displaced Palestinian youth holds a baby as children sit inside a tent in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza on January 22. — AFP

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