ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Israel will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid to enter the war-torn enclave, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN announced on Wednesday, with hundreds of trucks queuing up to enter.

“Six hundred trucks of humanitarian aid will be dispatched to the Gaza Strip by the UN, approved humanitarian organizations, the private sector, and donor countries,” KAN said. 

Its reopening comes after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, brokered by US President Donald Trump, took effect. The deal also included the exchange of hostages and prisoners. 

On Monday, Trump and leaders from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey signed the official document guaranteeing the Gaza peace deal, in a summit in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh. 

Hundreds of aid trucks have lined up near Rafah and are waiting for Israel’s permission to enter. 

Hundreds of aid trucks in Egypt, near the border with Gaza, are awaiting authorization to enter and deliver lifesaving aid to the Israeli-blockaded enclave after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took shape pic.twitter.com/h9hXqL1UPz

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Trump unveiled a 20-point peace plan for Gaza in late September, detailing a proposal that would see the release of all Israeli hostages in Gaza, a phased Israeli military withdrawal, and an eventual transition period in which Hamas would be forced to disarm and an international stabilization force deployed in the Strip.

The agreement comes after two years of sustained conflict in the region. According to Gaza's health ministry, the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip has resulted in the deaths of over 67,000 people, the majority of whom are civilians. 

The high casualty count has led to growing international backlash, including a torrent of recent recognition of Palestinian statehood by several Western countries, which has put increasing pressure on Israel and its allies to bring an end to the hostilities.

On Tuesday, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened to cut off lifesaving aid to Gaza if Hamas does not deliver the bodies of Israeli soldiers killed in the war-torn enclave.