Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza move along the border with Gaza Strip in southern Israel, August 13, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
Nearly 380 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip yesterday through the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities (COGAT) says, a slight uptick from the 320 trucks reported to have entered a day earlier.
According to COGAT, some 400 trucks worth of aid were also collected by the United Nations and other international organizations from the Gaza sides of the crossings yesterday to be distributed.
Another 119 pallets of aid — about 4-6 trucks worth — were airdropped by Jordan, the UAE, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and France in Gaza yesterday, according to the IDF.
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.
Additionally, COGAT says that “tankers of UN fuel entered for the operation of essential humanitarian systems” yesterday.
Palestinian children and their families evacuated from Gaza for medical care arrive at Rome’s Ciampino military airport, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)
COGAT also says it facilitated the exit of some 140 patients and their caregivers out of Gaza via the Kerem Shalom Crossing to Ramon Airport in southern Israel for medical treatment abroad.
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