Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories confirms that a convoy of six aid trucks entered the northern Gaza Strip via a new military road early Tuesday.
The route, stretching from the border near the southern community of Be’eri to the coast of the Strip, is used by the IDF to carry out operations in northern and central Gaza.
COGAT says the trucks, carrying aid from the UN’s World Food Programme, entered via the new route “as part of an experimental pilot in order to prevent Hamas from taking over the aid.”
It says the aid was “thoroughly” inspected by Israeli authorities at the Kerem Shalom border crossing on the southern Gaza border, before entering via the Strip’s north.
COGAT adds that the results of the trial run will be presented to Israel’s political echelon, which has ordered the move.
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