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Two IDF officers, civilian face indictment in alleged Gaza aid-truck smuggling scheme

Two IDF officers and a civilian face indictments for smuggling contraband into Gaza using humanitarian aid trucks, part of a growing wartime smuggling investigation.

 Trucks carrying aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, February 1, 2024.
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

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

A Palestinian patient, accompanied by relatives, waits to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026.

Head of new Gaza leadership Ali Shaath says Rafah Crossing opens 'window of hope' for Gazans

Citizens wave flags as they marched from Hagia Sophia to Eminönü Square in a rally organized by the Palestine Solidarity Initiative on October 5, 2025 in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Turkish Red Crescent vessel arrives in Egypt with 800 tons of aid for Gaza


France’s Middle East envoy: I have confidence in Macron’s peace plan - interview

"If humanitarian aid does not enter... France is ready to deploy its army and French organizations...to assist with the problem and distribute the aid ourselves,” Bronstein stated. 

 Ofer Bronchtein, French envoy for Israeli-Palestinian affairs and French President Emmanuel Macron.

'You can’t starve Hamas and feed Gaza at the same time,' expert warns

"The essential condition for Israel’s security is not being responsible for two million Gazans.”

 A truck carries humanitarian aid across Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, near the Gaza coast, June 25, 2024.

It’s time to replace UNRWA: A credible alternative is needed in Gaza - opinion

Transitioning from UNRWA to UNOPS represents an opportunity to reset a humanitarian framework long distorted by politics and extremism.

 PALESTINIANS RECEIVE bags with flour from UNWRA in Khan Yunis in 2023. UNRWA’s refugee definition has reached absurd proportions, counting millionaire supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid, the writer reports.

'No humanitarian crisis, enormous amounts of food in Gaza,' says senior official

The senior official accused Hamas of creating an artificial crisis surrounding humanitarian aid and noted that over 120 trucks had been brought aid into Gaza on Tuesday alone.

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Flow of aid to Gaza could take time, warns International Rescue chief

He said the IRC in Gaza is focused particularly on water and sanitation, child protection and other healthcare.

 Palestinian gunmen secure an aid truck following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025.

Israel opens Kissufim border crossing, increasing aid to Gazan civilians

This operation is part of an effort to increase the routes for aid trucks going to the Gaza Strip.

 Transfer of humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza strip through the “Kisufim” passage.

Israel fails to meet US aid demands to ease Gaza catastrophe, aid groups say

The United States told its ally Israel that it must take steps to improve the aid situation within 30 days. If not, it could face potential restrictions on US military aid.

 An Israeli soldier stands guard as a truck carrying humanitarian aid makes its way to the Gaza Strip at Erez Crossing in southern Israel, May 5, 2024.

Knesset speaker Ohana discusses Biden admin. 30-day deadline with US's Mike Johnson

The Biden administration has remained silent on Israel’s response to the letter which its maintained was meant to be private communication between the Pentagon, State Department and Israel. 

Israel's Knesset speaker Ohana discusses Biden letter with US counterpart MikeMike Johnson.

Israel stops processing key commercial food imports to Gaza, sources say

Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 16, the overall flow of shipments to Gaza - including both aid and commercial goods - fell to a daily average of 29 trucks, according to COGAT statistics.

 A GAZAN driver loads humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, last month. The constantly echoed mantra charged that Israel was deliberately preventing humanitarian aid from entering, says the writer.

What happened to the US's temporary pier in Gaza? New report sheds light

The temporary pier proved it was not capable of doing most of the mission envisioned.

Members of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the Israeli military put in place the Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid, on the Gaza coast, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, May 16, 2024.