Rafah: Egypt's 36th humanitarian convoy was dispatched from the Egyptian side of the Rafah border to the Israeli-controlled Karm Abu Salem crossing on Sunday, September 14th, 2025, carrying food, medical supplies, and fuel. However, Israeli authorities blocked the fuel shipments, deepening Gaza's energy crisis, Al Qahera News reported.According to State Information Service Egypt, the convoy, part of the Zad El-Ezza: From Egypt to Gaza initiative launched in late July by the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) in coordination with the UN, carried flour, rice, pulses, canned food, cooking oil, and medical equipment for Gaza's collapsing hospitals.Israel began allowing limited aid into Gaza in late July after a five-month land, sea, and air blockade that produced the first United Nations (UN)-declared famine in the Middle East, but it continues to block most fuel. Additionally, the occupation has previously blocked Egyptian trucks carrying medical supplies from entering the strip.Long lines of trucks waited at Raf ah for Israeli clearance to enter via the Karm Abu Salem crossing on Sunday morning, with their movement slowed to a crawl, Al Qahera News reported, highlighting the severe bottlenecks choking aid flows.Aid agencies say the blockade has crippled Gaza's hospitals, water and sewage plants, and relief logistics, forcing services to shut down as generators run dry.