Israel says 320 trucks of assistance let into Gaza, picked up by aid groups

By Emanuel Fabian

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13 August 2025, 10:07 am

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Damaged trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza are parked next to the border with the Gaza Strip near the Kissufim crossing in southern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Nearly 320 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip yesterday through the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities (COGAT) says.

According to COGAT, some 320 trucks’ worth of aid were also picked up by the United Nations and other international organizations from the Gaza sides of the crossings yesterday to be distributed.

Additionally, three tankers of “UN fuel entered for the operation of essential humanitarian systems” entered Gaza, COGAT adds. It also says it facilitated the entry and exit of aid workers rotating in and out of Gaza.

The UN has said 600 trucks of aid need to be distributed each day at minimum to feed the Strip’s roughly two million people.