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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.
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'

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

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


Shelter materials still not entering Gaza, aid groups say

Aid organizations say Israel had in effect been blocking the delivery of materials for shelters for nearly six months, with tent poles previously banned.

Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels as they raid trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on August 9, 2025.

UN underreported aid delivered to Gaza by 6,000 trucks since May alone

The dashboard fails to include aid delivered by other actors in the humanitarian system, including various states, additional int'l organizations, the private sector, airdrops, and GHF.

 A worker enters a truck carrying aid parked at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, before going into Gaza, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, May 22, 2025.

Hundreds of aid trucks await collection as Gaza sees sharp increase in deliveries

“The UN proves yet another week it can step up collection efforts. But the UN isn’t the only actor. Other organizations and countries send in the majority of aid," COGAT said.

Humanitarian aid waits to be delivered to Gaza, at a logistics site run by the Egyptian Red Crescent outside Arish, Egypt, August 11, 2025.

Israeli mistakenly enters Nablus with three children, evacuated unharmed

Preliminary examination of the incident shows the Israeli took his children to a nearby scenic observation post, before getting lost while navigating.

Israeli forces are seen operating in Nablus, in the West Bank, July 30, 2025

Singapore joins Gaza aid airdrops, IDF seals 7-km. terror tunnel in Beit Hanun

Over the past few hours, 127 aid packages were airdropped by seven different countries, including Singapore, which joined the airdrop operations for the first time this Friday.

Jordanian and UAE planes drop humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025. Earlier in the day, Israel announced tactical pauses and its first airdrops of aid.

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Protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians, in Sanaa, Yemen, August 8, 2025.

Israel rejects NGOs' claim of Gaza blockade, blames Hamas for aid exploitation

The COGAT post also stated that 20 organizations have thus far complied with these new requirements, allowing for approximately 300 humanitarian aid trucks to enter the Gaza Strip daily.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

'Deliberate and misleading': Israeli defense report refutes Hamas's claims of Gaza starvation

Their review reportedly found a gap between the deaths attributed to malnutrition as reported by the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry and the cases documented.

Palestinians carry aid supplies they collected from trucks that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip August 10, 2025.

Out of Hamas' hands: COGAT approves mechanism to distribute Gaza aid with local merchants

The move comes as the pressure on Israel surrounding the humanitarian catastrophe in the enclave reached new heights in the past few weeks.

Palestinians walking at the market in Gaza City, on July 21, 2025.

'A fake narrative': Footage of 'bustling' Gaza markets counter Hamas starvation claims

While asserting “aid is flowing in, by land and by air every day,” COGAT asserted that “Hamas is pushing a fake famine narrative” while stealing the aid and selling it at a large mark-up.

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