Israel is refusing entry to the hundreds of truck loads of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians at the Rafah border.
27 Feb 2024: Today at the Nitzana border crossing Israeli citizens are bringing their machine guns and small children to block all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. The military is having fun. The kids are cooking cotton candy.
29 Feb 2024: Settlers blocking aidIsraeli families posing for pictures in front of one of the entrances where they block aid trucks from entering
Video of the burning of food warehouses in Gaza city. The soldier who posted the video commented: “Zekhut” which means “right”. He believes he has a right to burn and destroy food warehouses.23 Feb 2024: Text from a whatsapp group. Israelis are not just blocking aid trucks from entering Gaza but doing it while celebrating their genocidal antics with cotton candy and popcornAn Israeli soldier shares videos of driving a tank over food in Gaza, gloating about the starvation of Palestinians. Meanwhile, Israeli forces block and attack humanitarian aid convoys attempting to reach northern areas in Gaza, resulting in severe famine.8 March 2024: Clarissa Ward interviews a small group of Israeli protesters who are blocking aid in to Gaza.
7 March 2024: Right-wing protester at Kerem Shalom explains how the blocking of aid is done in cooperation with security forces: “There’s police here, there’s army, and we’re with them… No one here is getting arrested. The army is really with you, police is with you, they just can’t say it”2 April: Israeli spokesperson denying starvation – “How concerned are you about the threat of starvation?” Israeli govt spokesman: “talk of imminent famine is something we’ve heard about since the start of the war” “We’ve seen the images & they’re horrific” “Any images coming out of Gaza have to get the rubber stamp of Hamas” “We have journalists inside Gaza” “Right, and I would question any images that are coming out of Gaza”
Blocking aid30 March: settler statement9 April: UN disputes Israeli claim that aid is getting into Gaza
List of blocked items
List of blocked items
26 April: Israeli settlers and prisoners emptied the contents of humanitarian aid trucks that were on their way to Gaza They also obstructed the movement of other trucks for several hours at Tel Arad junction, Sara junction and other junctions
One of the largest humanitarian aid warehouse in Rafah was bombed yesterday. Burn all food donations made through airdrop. Israel is using starvation as weapon of War in Gaza. This is a war crime under international humanitarian law.
2 May: Israelis attack humanitarian aid trucks headed to Gaza
6 May: About a dozen far-right Israeli protesters blocked trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza at the Latrun Interchange of Highway 1 in the occupied West Bank.
8 May: Israelis joyfully dancing as they block aid to Rafah on the eve of the invasion13 May: A mob of Israeli settlers attack Jordanian trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid on the way to the besieged Gaza Strip, unloading and destroying bags of wheat flour
9 May: Israeli settlers sabotage roads leading to Gaza to stop the delivery of humanitarian aid to a starving and desperate population of 2 million+ inhabitants, the Israeli military did nothing to stop the settlers. The US sanctions entire nations into crippling poverty because their government dared to oppose Washington, but any real sanctions on Israel are not even in consideration… Despite the fact that Israel’s settlers are ramping across the West Bank and directly helping to starve the population of Gaza. More Gaza coverage: https://youtu.be/4jeR1GmqYUk?si=YEHzBkTW-p5ww0Et
13 May: destroying aid to Gaza from Jordan13 May: A mob of Israeli settlers attack Jordanian trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid on the way to the besieged Gaza Strip, unloading and destroying bags of wheat flour
14 May: children participating in the destruction of humanitarian aid
May 2024: setting fire to trucks carrying aid
15 June: Unicef’s James Elder on shooting fishermen dead trying to get food15 June: James Elder testimony
15 June: An aid truck filled with medical and nutritional supplies for 10,000 Gazan children was turned around for no reason – James Elder
23 Oct 2024: 700 Water wells have been destroyed and rendered out of service by the Israeli occupation in Gaza
3 Nov 2024: This was today. Israelis blocked aid trucks to Gaza at the Tarkamiya checkpoint. Multiple international bodies and rights groups have validated that 83% of food aid has not entered into Gaza in 2024. There’s also a catalogue of video evidence showing Israeli settlers destroying food aid meant for Gaza.“CNN has reviewed the items most frequently rejected by the Israelis. These include anesthetics and anesthesia machines, oxygen cylinders, ventilators and water filtration systems.”