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Gaza aid shipments resume as Hamas backs down from extortion threats targeting private merchants

Merchants previously suspended truck coordination activities in protest of a tax threatened by Hamas, wherein the terror organization demanded payments of approximately NIS 10,000 per truck.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
Children gather and play on a water truck in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on September 23, 2026. The Emergency Committee of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry recently held a protest, warning that shortages of tires, oil, and spare parts are disrupting the operation of these water trucks.
Nickolay Mladenov takes part in a charter announcement for U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, alongside the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026

BoP's Mladenov: Suspension of private sector goods into Gaza is 'unacceptable'

“Civilian supplies, humanitarian assistance and commercial activity must be protected from coercion, exploitation and interference,” Mladenov said.

|BySARAH MOSKOWITZ, REUTERS
A view shows a sign as trucks carrying aid (not pictured) wait at the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing to southern Gaza, October 20, 2025.

Israel to close West Bank, Gaza crossings for October 7 remembrance ceremonies, COGAT says

During the closure, passage through crossings in the West Bank will be permitted only in humanitarian, medical, and other exceptional cases, subject to COGAT approval.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza, which has been closed since the October 7 massacre, on December 16, 2025.

PM, Defense Minister deny any instruction exists to reopen Erez Border Crossing into Gaza Strip

There are preparations to open the crossing on September 1, but it still requires final approval, sources from COGAT told The Jerusalem Post.

|ByJAMES GENN

'Starving' Gazan teen in viral photo actually suffering from genetic disease, COGAT says

COGAT's post follows The New York Times amending its article that detailed starvation in Gaza on Tuesday to include that a similar child, who had a pre-existing medical condition.

JULY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, July 30, 2025.

IDF transports 52 aid packages into Gaza as counterterror ops. continue

Khan Yunis is also the location of one of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's sites.

JULY 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Weapons, munitions seized by the IDF in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, July 28, 2025.

Israel slams int'l media for misrepresenting Gazan child's condition as starvation

The child's older brother is shown standing nearby, looking distressed but relatively healthy. Their mother also does not appear to be suffering from any symptoms of starvation.

JULY 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Palestinian youth holds a can of chickpeas from an aid package dropped from an airplane, amid a hunger crisis, in the central Gaza Strip, July 28, 2025; illustrative.

Gazan child used in viral claims of starvation evacuated to Italy, COGAT confirms

Five-year-old Osama al-Rakab, along with his mother and brother, were evacuated through the Ramon airport on June 12, COGAT revealed.

JULY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Humanitarian aid is airdropped over Gaza as seen from northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025

Gaza Flotilla ‘Handala’: Deportation hearings expected for 13 activists

The boat set out from Sicily earlier this month, with the activists and some humanitarian aid supplies. The vessel attempted to break through Israel's maritime blockade on the Gaza Strip.

JULY 28, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN, REUTERS
Activists wash the deck of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as they prepare to sail for Gaza in an attempt to break a long-standing Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Marsa, Malta August 16, 2024.

COGAT says no ban, restrictions against baby food, formula from entering Gaza

COGAT said that over 1,400 tons of baby food and formula has been brought into Gaza even specific types of formula.

JULY 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Breast milk has been prove to be more beneficial than baby formula.

Hamas caught on camera torturing Gazans, COGAT reveals

The IDF previously released footage of Hamas torturing Gazans during an execution in Gaza City in June.

JULY 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A still of footage of Hamas terrorists abusing Gazans, as per footage revealed by the IDF.

'They shoot people deliberately': Gazans testify that Hamas intentionally targets aid sites

The testimonies reveal that Hamas seeks to disrupt the distribution of food packages at the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites.

JULY 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians gather to collect aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025.

'They're criminals, like ISIS': IDF reveals Gaza resident's testimony to COGAT officer

The IDF has revealed a recorded call where a Gazan resident testifies that Hamas has attempted to disrupt aid deliveries to a COGAT officer.

JUNE 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Carrying food supplies provided at an aid distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, May 27, 2025.

Israeli sources debunk UN accusation of Israel stopping aid delivery to Gaza

The UN acted as if it lacked the capacity to move food to northern Gaza, stalling aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing, defense officials claim.

MAY 30, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians seeking aid gather near an aid distribution site in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2025