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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.

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.
Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen after the global hunger monitor, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), said that Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine that will likely spread, in Gaza City, August 28, 2025.

Ex-UN director who protested Gaza famine challenges his dismissal

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid wait at the Kerem Shalom crossing before entering the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, August 12, 2026.

Hamas obstructing aid efforts as Gaza supplies exceed humanitarian needs, COGAT says

Al-Sahaba market in the Gaza Strip, July 28, 2025.

Gaza's economic mafia: The import monopoly threatening Israel's security - opinion


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.

Former US officials accuse government of 'undeniable complicity' in the killing of Palestinians

In a joint statement, the 12 former government officials said the administration was violating US laws through its support for Israel and finding loopholes to continue shipping weapons to its ally.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, in October: Israeli officials know the diplomatic clock regarding the Gaza operation is running out, says the writer.

Rocky waters: The multiple challenges faced by the US's lofty aid pier plans - WSJ

The “hastily constructed" maritime corridor was not equipped to withstand the roughness of the Mediterranean Sea, which worsens at this time of year.

 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 the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Gaza coast, May 19, 2024.