Empty trucks head towards the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt as they wait for the Rafah border crossing, Gaza's only crossing not controlled by Israel, to open to allow trucks carrying aid through. The worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza has raised serious concerns in the context of the war triggered by the Hamas attack on 7 October, in which Israeli authorities say more than 1,400 people have been killed, shot, stabbed or burned to death by the Islamist militants. IMAGES