Aid trucks drove through the rubble in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah on Wednesday as displaced Palestinians — many of them children — chased after the vehicles, trying to grab water bottles and aid boxes off the moving trucks.

Palestinians gather near trucks carrying aid in Rafah View of destruction in Rafah as displaced Gazans continue going back home on the fourth day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Watch more on Independent TV: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied reports on Wednesday that he allowed the Palestinian Authority to run the Rafah border crossing on the border between Gaza and Egypt. The border crossing is slated to open next week on day seven of a ceasefire agreement that halted Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Israel will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza during the initial ceasefire phase with Hamas. The Palestinian Authority will not manage the crossing, and vetted Palestinians will stamp passports.