About 200 aid trucks, including four fuel trucks, are expected to enter Gaza through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, Khaled Zayed, the head of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society in North Sinai, told Reuters.
Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV shared video on social media site X of what it said were the aid trucks as they entered the crossing.
The Rafah border crossing, which was the main entry point into Gaza for humanitarian aid and commercial supplies, has been shut for almost three weeks, since Israel took control of the Palestinian side of the crossing as it stepped up its military offensive in the area on May 6.
Some food supplies bound for Gaza have begun to rot with the Rafah crossing closed.
Egypt and the US agreed on 24 May to send aid via Israel's nearby Kerem Shalom crossing until legal arrangements are made to reopen Rafah from the Palestinian side, the Egyptian presidency said.
A global hunger monitor has warned of imminent famine in parts of Gaza, home to 2.3 million people.
The US military carried out new strikes in Iran on Thursday, targeting a military site that officials believed posed a threat to US forces and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Donald Trump dismissed an Iranian report of a deal to restore traffic through the strategic waterway.
Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, with Arctic temperatures expected to warm faster than other regions, a report by the UN weather agency and the UK’s Met Office said on Thursday.
Israel's military on Wednesday declared a new swathe of southern Lebanon as a combat zone and said residents in the area should move north, warning it would act "with great force" against Hezbollah in the zone.
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan hosted a special reception for the rulers of the Emirates, Crown Princes, Sheikhs, military personnnel and well-wishers on the occasion of Eid Al Adha.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has awarded the First Class Order of Independence to the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the UAE, Edward Hobart, in recognition of his role in strengthening ties between the two countries during his tenure.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan exchanged Eid Al-Adha greetings and best wishes during a phone call on Wednesday with Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the Kuwait.