IDF announces opening of new crossing with northern Gaza for aid deliveries
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israeli military and Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announce that a new crossing with the northern Gaza Strip has been opened for humanitarian aid deliveries.
The so-called Western Erez Crossing is located in the Zikim area, on the coast.
The crossing was built by the Defense Ministry’s engineering department, the ministry’s crossings authority, and IDF engineering units.
The IDF says the crossing was opened “as part of the effort to increase aid routes to the Gaza Strip, and to the northern Gaza Strip in particular.”
It says that dozens of trucks ferrying flour from the World Food Program were delivered from Ashdod Port to the Gaza Strip via the new crossing, after “undergoing security checks.”