COGAT

European states see US-led Gaza base as ‘failure,’ consider pullback, diplomats say

Dozens of countries, including Germany, France, Britain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, sent personnel to the center as they sought to influence discussions on Gaza's future.

US and Israeli soldiers seen at the Civil-Military Coordination Center, in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, November 17, 2025
 Palestinian workers wait to enter Ma'aleh Adumim, February 23, 2023; illustrative.

Foreign workers replace Palestinian labor in Israel, face hurdles

 Members of MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), carry banners and flags during a protest demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, at Martyrs' Square, downtown Beirut, Lebanon, December 4, 2023.

Israel’s Doctors Without Borders decision is overdue, security comes first - editorial

Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels and supplies from aid trucks near the Zikim border crossing between Israel and Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, August 18, 2025.

Israel to suspend dozens of aid NGOs from Gaza operations after orgs. fail to renew registrations


COGAT: Int'l orgs told us too much aid was sent to northern Gaza

According to COGAT, about 100 food aid trucks were sent to northern Gaza on a daily basis over the past few weeks.

 A truck carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip drives at the inspection area at the Kerem Shalom crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, March 14, 2024.

Bringing food and water: Israel ramps up humanitarian aid to northern Gaza

Such steps by the IDF and COGAT include fixing a central water pipe, transferring aid trucks, and assisting in opening bakeries.

 Increased production of pita breads as a result of new bakeries in northern Gaza.

Gallant: We’ll flood Gaza with far more than 500 trucks of aid per day

Gallant said that the increase in aid would come as part of five new initiatives.

 Israeli  minister of Defense Yoav Galant holds a joint press conference with minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich (not seen) in Jerusalem, on December 26, 2023.

Israel and UN disagree over Gaza aid figures

While Israel says the number of trucks entering Gaza has risen sharply in recent days, the UN has given much lower figures.

 TRUCKS CROSS at Kerem Shalom, the main passage point for goods entering the Gaza Strip from Israel.

New peak of 419 humanitarian aid trucks enter Gaza

COGAT published photos on Monday showing food markets fully stocked in northern Gaza.

 A Palestinian carries a box of aid distributed before Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip April 8, 2024.

Israel shares photo of aid build-up in Gaza, says UN is not distributing it

The target of Israel's ire was UNRWA, the UN agency that Israel has called on nations to defund.

 A photo shared by Israel's Coordinated Office of Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT), purporting to show humanitarian aid piled up, undistributed, on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.

UNRWA accuses Israel of cutting off aid convoys to northern Gaza Strip

"The UN must scale up logistics and stop blaming Israel for its own failures," COGAT wrote on X.

 Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024

IDF prepares for humanitarian aid's maritime Gaza arrival

One such instance was a vessel carrying humanitarian aid from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) en route to Gaza, funded by the United Arab Emirates.

 Humanitarian aid entering Gaza. March 14, 2024.

'Lying is a sign of desperation': COGAT slams UNRWA chief's misinformation

As of Monday, since the beginning of the war, 16,405 trucks of humanitarian aid were inspected and transferred to the Gaza Strip.

 A general view of the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side with a truck carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, November 12, 2023.

Pentagon to 'Post': Israel did not inspect food, aid airdropped over Gaza

Despite Israeli claims, the US states that Israel was not involved in the inspections of food packages airdropped in Gaza on Saturday. Other countries plan to airdrop food as well.

 Over 38,000 Meals Ready to Eat and water destined for an airdrop over Gaza are loaded aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 1, 2024. U.S. Air Force