Kerem Shalom border crossing

‘Only the IDF can protect us’: Gaza border residents protest deployment of BoP's Gaza force

Residents who lived through October 7 protested the International Stabilization Force (ISF)’s planned entry into Gaza, citing fears of renewed Hamas attacks.

|ByRAMI SHANI, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Activists from Gaza border communities demonstrate near Amitai Camp adjacent to the Kerem Shalom Crossing, blocking the road to ISF trucks in protest of their presence in the Gaza Strip. August 25, 2026.
TRUCKS CROSS at Kerem Shalom, the main passage point for goods entering the Gaza Strip from Israel.

Nukhba terrorist who participated in Oct. 7 arrested while driving humanitarian aid truck

According to the reports, security forces stated that the terrorist had been collecting aid from the private sector, meaning that a private vendor had purchased it.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMIR BOHBOT
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

The cigarette-filled pineapples were transported in a truck carrying a shipment purchased by an Israeli company, intended to reach the Kerem Shalom Crossing as part of humanitarian aid.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog at a Kibbutz Kerem Shalom event marking 1,000 days since the October 7 attacks, July 2, 2026.

Herzog, first lady, visit Kibbutz Kerem Shalom on day 1,000 since October 7 massacre

"We will continue to plant, to build, to nurture life, and to choose hope. And so our answer is one and the same: to keep planting, building, nurturing life, and choosing hope,” Herzog said.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

‘Quiet for quiet’ arrangement emerges between Israel and Hamas in Gaza

Official: No 'true agreement' without return of soldier's bodies, civilians

AUGUST 15, 2018ByHERB KEINON
A truck parks next to a security barrier inside the Kerem Shalom border crossing terminal between Israel and Gaza Strip January 16, 2018

'Quiet for quiet'

Many Israelis may hope for Gazans to protest on the street due to their poor economic situation – as we’ve seen done recently by disgruntled Iranians. But Gaza has been in dire straits for longer.

AUGUST 15, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A security inspector checks materials at Kerem Shalom Crossing

Israel reopens Gaza’s Kerem Shalom crossing as border remains relatively quiet

"So long as there is quiet, Gaza's residents will benefit," Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said.

AUGUST 15, 2018ByAVRAHAM GOLD
A member of Palestinian security forces gestures as a fuel tanker arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 15, 2018

Bayit Yehudi plans to oppose an Israel-Hamas ceasefire arrangement

Naftali Bennett warned this was only a temporary arrangement that would allow Hamas to strengthen itself militarily in preparation for another round of violence with Israel.

AUGUST 14, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
NAFTALI BENNETT

Gaza's Kerem Shalom crossing could open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday

The fishing area that had been restricted to three nautical miles will be expanded to nine miles.

AUGUST 14, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Avigdor Liberman at the Kerem Shalom Crossing, July 22, 2018

Israel again bans gas and fuel into Gaza

“The decision was taken in light of the continued terror balloons and continued friction along the [border] fence,”

AUGUST 1, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Defense Minister Avidgor Liberman at Kerem Shalom last month.

Hamas reportedly tells Mladenov: We’re not interested in war with Israel

Haniyeh and the Hamas leaders are reported to have said that Hamas “was not interested in a military escalation” with Israel.

JULY 24, 2018ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a rally marking the 30th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in the West Bank city of Nablus December 15,

Gaza crossing crises: A litmus test for war?

Will Israel lift or continue its harshest restrictions on Gaza?

JULY 21, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A member of the security forces of the Palestinian Authority gestures as a truck carrying goods arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip November 7, 2017.

U.N. warns of ‘precarious Gaza situation’ after Israel bans gas, fuel imports

Israel will continue to allow vital food and medicine to pass through the coastal enclave’s main commercial crossing.

JULY 17, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Palestinians walk past trucks loaded with gravel at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip December 30, 2012.

Hamas condemns Israeli ban of gas and fuel into Gaza

It will continue to allow in food and medicine on a case-by-case basis.

JULY 16, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
A Palestinian man rides on a truck carrying fruits as it arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 10, 2018