Ahmed Ali, head of the Egyptian Red Crescent, told AFP his organisation receives "two to three planes of aid a day, chartered by humanitarian agencies or states", who want to send food, water or medical supplies to the 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza.
As soon as aid is dropped off on the tarmac, the shipments are loaded onto trucks.
Israel, which has imposed a strict blockade on Gaza for 16 years and has declared a "complete siege" after the Oct 7 attack by Islamist militant group Hamas on its soil, has agreed to allow the passage of aid.
Egyptian state-linked broadcaster Al Qahera News said the Rafa crossing would open on Friday.
But later Egypt said it needed more time, to repair the roads that connect its territory to Gaza after four Israeli bombings of the crossing.
"BEYOND CATASTROPHIC"
In the meantime, pallets loaded with aid are stored in warehouses in El Arish, the capital of North Sinai, said Ali.
As soon as the green light is given, 250 volunteers are ready to transport them to the border.
The UN World Food Programme, which has already provided aid to 522,000 people since the start of the hostilities, said it has 951 tonnes of food at or on the way to Rafah - enough to feed 488,000 people for one week, a spokesperson said.
On Thursday, an Emirati plane offloaded nine tons of UNICEF aid.
The situation in Gaza is "beyond catastrophic" with stocks almost empty after 13 days of war, said Sara Alzawqari, UNICEF spokeswoman for the Gulf.
"We have distributed nearly all our prepositioned supplies which were inside Gaza and have been working to keep the only functioning desalination plant in the entire Gaza Strip running in much-reduced capacity," she said, as food, water, fuel and power run short after Gaza's only power plant shut down.
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