Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 1, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Barred from blocking aid to Gaza at crossings, activists stop trucks from leaving Ashdod Port
Activists for hostages block aid trucks from leaving the Ashdod Port during a protest against aid reaching the Gaza Strip, in Ashdod, February 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Continuing a game of cat-and-mouse with the army, activists for hostages’ rights are at the Ashdod Port, blocking trucks from leaving to deliver aid to Gaza.
After the IDF designated the areas of both the Kerem Shalom and the Nitzana border crossings as closed military zones to prevent further disruptions following days in which aid was blocked from going through, dozens of protesters have found a new method.
They’re blocking the exit of the aid trucks from the Israeli port from which the trucks have been heading to the crossings.
The activists have been demanding that humanitarian aid to Gaza be contingent on the Hamas terror group releasing the 136 hostages it is holding.
Activists for hostages block aid trucks from leaving the Ashdod Port during a protest against aid reaching the Gaza Strip, in Ashdod, February 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
