CAIRO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Sunday dispatched a large humanitarian aid convoy carrying nearly 3,000 tons of urgent relief supplies to the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) said in a statement.
It is the 43rd convoy sent under an initiative launched by the ERC on July 27 as an Egyptian mechanism for providing aid to Gaza.
Sunday's convoy included more than 2,700 tons of food and flour, along with about 300 tons of medical and relief supplies, according to the statement.
Meanwhile, Gaza's health authorities said that Israel's military campaign has killed 66,005 Palestinians and injured 168,162 others since Oct. 7, 2023, while destroying infrastructure and worsening humanitarian conditions in the enclave.
The authorities reported that hospitals in Gaza received 79 bodies and 379 wounded in the past 24 hours, noting that "a number of victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads, with ambulance and civil defense crews unable to reach them."
Famine and malnutrition have also claimed 422 lives, including 145 children, since the conflict began, according to the authorities.■
