Trucks carrying aid make their way into Gaza City for the first time in months

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(25 Jun 2025)
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Gaza City - 25 June 2025
1. Various of trucks carrying aid passing through road lined with displaced people's tents
2. Various of trucks with armed men securing them, UPSOUND gunfire
3. Various of trucks with armed men on top passing through a road lined with destruction, UPSOUND gunfire
4. Various of trucks passing Gaza street, UPSOUND gunfire, cheering, truck horn
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Ahmad al-Gharbawi, involved with the clans’ plan:
"We, as clans and mayors, since dawn at 5:30, we and our sons have put in place a plan to secure the trucks and deliver them to the institutions in the Al-Ahly Club. We urge all Palestinian citizens not to interfere with the trucks and deliver them to the institutions, so that they can be distributed to all people in the society. We will not allow thieves from now on to steal the trucks and sell them to merchants while we buy them at astronomical prices."
6. Various of people gathering while trucks pass UPSOUND gunfire
7. Various of people gathering on destruction near trucks UPSOUND gunfire
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Nattat, Gaza resident:
"We are very happy that the aid has been secured, instead of the young men going to risk their lives and their souls to bring flour from there, some people were taking it and others were not taking it. When the aid is secured and distributed fairly to everyone, God willing it will be distributed as quickly as possible to the people."
9. Various of people gathering as trucks arrive
10. Various of workers unloading aid inside warehouse
STORYLINE:
People cheered as a convoy of trucks carrying aid made its way into Gaza City for the first time in months on Wednesday.

Masked men fired shots into the air to disperse large crowds from the dozens of crates marked with the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent and UAE Aid logos.

The clans of northern Gaza say they helped facilitate the delivery.

“We will no longer allow for thieves to steal from the convoys for the merchants and force us to buy them for high prices,” said Abu Ahmad al-Gharbawi who was involved with the clans’ plan. He said the goal is for the the aid to reach organizations on the ground to distribute them to families in Gaza.

United Nations agencies did not immediately respond to The Associated Press questions about the aid delivery and initiative.

Ahmad Nattat was among those in the crowd standing between tents and buildings reduced to rubble, celebrating the arrival of the aid. He hopes that this would mark a change after having to take long walks to aid collection points by the American-led Gaza Humanitarian Foundation organization, which have been chaotic and often fatal due to stampedes and gunfire.

“When the aid is secured and distributed fairly to everyone, God willing it will be distributed as quickly as possible to the people," he said.

Production by Wafaa Shurafa

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