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COGAT: 402 trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza today

By Jacob Magid

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20 May 2024, 10:16 pm 5 Edit

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Palestinians wait for aid trucks to cross in central Gaza Strip, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/ Abdel Kareem Hana)

Four hundred and two trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza today, Israel’s COGAT Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories says.

The figure is similar to the daily number that was seen for nearly a month, after Israel took several steps to improve its aid facilitation due to extreme frustration from the Biden administration. But the amount of aid decreased significantly earlier this month, when Israel took over the Rafah Border Crossing. The gate has not been re-opened since.

The aid from today entered through Israel’s Kerem Shalom and Erez Crossings along with the temporary pier, established by the US. Aid was also delivered via Jordan and Israel’s Ashdod Port, COGAT says.

Kerem Shalom and Erez Crossings are open, and humanitarian aid is flowing into Gaza:

????402 aid trucks were transferred to Gaza today, May 20.

Aid came from multiple routes we developed to facilitate aid into Gaza: From the Ashdod Port, Judea and Samaria, and the JLOTS. pic.twitter.com/iEzFHTWOo0

— COGAT (@cogatonline) May 20, 2024