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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Israel says 157 trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza yesterday
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announces that 157 humanitarian aid trucks carrying flour and food entered the Gaza Strip yesterday.
Israel resumed aid deliveries to Gaza on May 19, after a pause since March 2.
Some of the truckloads have been taken to the new aid distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Those sites are closed today in order to give time for the US- and Israeli-backed organization to carry out logistical work needed to safely accommodate larger crowds.
The contents of many of the trucks that entered Gaza in recent weeks are still awaiting picking up on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.
The aid underwent an inspection by Israeli authorities before entering Gaza via the crossing.
The UN has said 600 trucks of aid need to be distributed each day in order to properly feed the Strip’s roughly two million people.
The Times of Israel Community.