M076-GAZA AYUDA HUMANITARIA

Aid reached Gaza on Tuesday (October 21) as trucks carrying supplies moved through Deir al-Balah under a resumed ceasefire.

Residents received aid and empty trucks later departed after offloading.

Deliveries restarted on Monday (October 20), following U.S. pressure, an Israeli security source said, after Israel briefly halted supplies in response to what it called a "blatant" Hamas violation of the truce.

The Israeli military said it struck Hamas targets across the enclave, including field commanders, gunmen, a tunnel and weapons depots, after militants launched an anti-tank missile and fired on its troops, killing the soldiers.

The strikes killed at least 26 people, including at least one woman and one child, according to local residents and health authorities. At least one strike hit a former school sheltering displaced people in the area of Nuseirat, residents said.

The armed wing of Hamas said it remained committed to the ceasefire agreement, was unaware of clashes in Rafah, and had not been in contact with groups there since March.

The new ceasefire took effect on October 10, halting two years of war, but the Israeli government and Hamas have been accusing each other of violations of the ceasefire for days.