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UN official condemns ‘de facto authorities’ assault on humanitarian workers, fails to name Hamas

Hamas terrorists invaded the warehouse and assaulted two drivers who were delivering humanitarian supplies, according to the UN.

Alexander De Croo, (3rd-R) Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), visits a food distribution point in Gaza City, on February 16, 2026; illustrative
Pineapple filled with cigarettes intended to be smuggled across the border into Gaza.

Pineapples stuffed with thousands of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by IDF at Gaza crossing

Palestinians gather to receive aid, including food supplies, at a distribution center in Gaza City, June 26, 2025

Gaza received more than triple of UN's food aid requirements during ceasefire, COGAT reveals

Injured Palestinian Hassan Qlob, 18, who his father says was shot in the head more than two months ago while out seeking food, lies on a bed as he waits for the Rafah crossing to reopen so he can receive treatment abroad, as his father Ibrahim tends to him, after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

Hamas accepting bribes to put healthy Gazans on emergency medical evacuation list - report


Gaza receiving over 70,000 cubic meters of water per day, COGAT claims

The post came in reply to a post from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), saying that freshwater supplies in Gaza were "severely limited and polluted."

VIEW OF a new water line building to transfer water between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Nirim, on the Israeli side of the Border with the Gaza Strip, September 4, 2019.

State asks High Court to reject challenge to anti-UNRWA laws ahead of Monday hearing

At the center of the case are two laws passed by the Knesset in October 2024, one of them barring UNRWA activity in sovereign Israeli territory.

Israel Police forces seen outside the UNRWA center in Jerusalem, as part of a raid on the center, December 8, 2025

COGAT discovers motor oil hidden inside UN's humanitarian aid to Gaza in smuggling attempt

"This is a serious violation of the mechanisms for receiving aid, and that Hamas continues to try to exploit the aid mechanism for terrorist activity and incitement," COGAT warned in a letter.

Empty UNRWA and World Food Program trucks head to the Kerem Shalom crossing to collect limited humanitarian aid and fuel, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025

Border crossings to Gaza were temporarily closed amid Operation Roaring Lion

Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) noted on March 2 that “Israel is not arbitrarily blocking aid into Gaza.”

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opens to pedestrian traffic on Feb. 2, 2026.

A cautious Ramadan: Balancing security, rights, and common sense for a peaceful month - editorial

As Ramadan begins, Israel takes a cautious approach, managing security without escalating tensions, hoping for a month of prayer and peace.

Israel Police officers patrol in Jerusalem’s Old City during the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, February 18, 2026.

Israel to allow up to 10,000 Palestinians to ascend Temple Mount per day during Ramadan

Up to 10,000 Palestinians per day will access the Temple Mount during Ramadan, with age restrictions in place and mandatory digital documentation at crossings, subject to security approval.

Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 28, 2025.

Israeli suppliers empty out inventories selling sweets, soft drinks to Gaza for Ramadan

A, a large candy manufacturer in Israel, told Walla on Monday that he had never seen such an influx of demand for his products as he is seeing now in the Gaza market. 

A Palestinian woman shops as she prepares for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, February 17, 2026.

WATCH: IDF thwarts attempt to smuggle tobacco disguised as food aid into Gaza

Hundreds of kilograms of tobacco hidden in canned food products were seized at the Kerem Shalom crossing, prompting COGAT to suspend the company’s permit to bring aid into Gaza.

Tobacco seized by the IDF that was being smuggled into Gaza.

Doctors Without Borders halts operations at Gaza hospital after sightings of armed men, weapons

"Patients and MSF personnel have seen armed men, some masked, in different areas of the large compound of the hospital," Doctors Without Borders said in a statement.

View of humanitarian supplies for Gaza, with the logos of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and World Health Organization, stored at the Egyptian Red Crescent warehouses storing aid, in the Egyptian border town of El-Arish, Egypt, April 8, 2025.

Over 65,000 aid trucks have entered Gaza since October ceasefire, COGAT says

Delivered aid included tents and tarps, humanitarian staff, and the evacuation of Gazans in need of medical treatment and those with dual citizenship.

Humanitarian aid trucks enter through the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on February 4, 2026.