CAIRO- Trucks carrying humanitarian aid that had been stuck in Egypt successfully entered the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday.

This comes after several days of diplomatic negotiations regarding the conditions for delivering relief to Gaza.

Television footage captured the trucks arriving at the border crossing from the Egyptian side. The Rafah crossing serves as a crucial lifeline for the Gaza Strip, as it is not under Israeli control, and it has been the focal point for efforts to provide aid to the 2.3 million residents of Gaza.

The aid delivery was prompted by Israel's imposition of a complete blockade and airstrikes on Gaza in response to a deadly attack on Israeli soil by the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7.

Hamas, which has governed Gaza since 2007, announced that a convoy of 20 trucks loaded with medicine, medical supplies, and a limited amount of food and canned goods would enter Gaza on Saturday.

The United Nations had previously warned of a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza, where food supplies had dwindled, and fuel needed to power hospital backup generators was critically low.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the border on Friday to facilitate the aid delivery, mentioning that the mechanism for inspecting aid demanded by Israel was still being finalized.

Many of Gaza's residents had relocated to the southern part of the territory to avoid airstrikes in the north.