“The hostages must be released,” said one Palestinian rights advocate, but Israel “must also ensure continuous entry of lifesaving aid to Gaza.”

JULIA CONLEY Jan 26, 2024      READ

 With nearly the entire population of Gaza now regularly forced to go without food for an entire day due to Israel’s total blockade of the enclave, protests by hundreds of Israelis at a crossing between Gaza and Israel over the past three days have put residents at even greater risk of starvation by blocking the passage of humanitarian convoys.

Demonstrators displaying Israeli flags have stopped trucks from entering Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing since Wednesday, forcing some to go through the Rafah crossing in Egypt or preventing them from delivering the aid altogether.