Kerem Shalom border crossing

WATCH: IDF thwarts attempt to smuggle tobacco disguised as food aid into Gaza

Hundreds of kilograms of tobacco hidden in canned food products were seized at the Kerem Shalom crossing, prompting COGAT to suspend the company’s permit to bring aid into Gaza.

Tobacco seized by the IDF that was being smuggled into Gaza.
Humanitarian aid trucks enter through the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on February 4, 2026.

Over 65,000 aid trucks have entered Gaza since October ceasefire, COGAT says

Avigdor Liberman visits the Kerem Shalom border crossing on Monday, February 9, 2026.  (Credit: Yisrael Beytenu)

Liberman: Aid trucks to Gaza fund Hamas, Israel returning to pre-Oct. 7 reality

Israeli Authorities Probe Large-Scale Smuggling Network Moving Goods Into Gaza

IDF to increase Gaza border security due to smuggling risks


Ben-Gvir, Smotrich attack IDF for Gaza aid corridor, Netanyahu intervenes

Netanyahu sent a statement through a "senior Israeli official," stressing that "a humanitarian pause for 11 hours...is unacceptable."

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, June 13, 2024

Hostage's father brings aid to Kerem Shalom for captive son's birthday

Attempting to bring basic necessities to his son, Mor's father, Zvika Mor, explained, " If humanitarian aid is being delivered from here, there is nothing more humanitarian than doing this."

 Israeli hostage Eitan Mor's family at the Kerem Shalom Crossing on his birthday, in attempt to have aid brought over to him.

Social media sites suspend accounts of organization blocking aid to Gaza

In the video that prompted the social media platforms to restrict the movement’s accounts, a statement from family members of the hostages was shown.

 Israeli security forces guard while people protest against aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, January 29, 2024.

IDF announces the reopening of the Kerem Shalom crossing

The military added that trucks from Egypt containing humanitarian aid, including, among others, food, water, and medicine, were arriving at the crossing.

 A person uses a rope on a truck with humanitarian aid meant for the Gaza Strip A person uses a rope on a truck with humanitarian aid meant for the Gaza Strip

Rafah: Act now or suffer the consequences - editorial

Hamas needs to know enough is enough; If Israel doesn't act now, it will appear weak and encourage future violence.

 SMOKE RISES following an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, last week. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there is no way to defeat Hamas without entering Rafah, the writer notes.

The time for talks is over; it's time for actions - analysis

When Israel finishes dealing with Hamas, the interests of Israel and those of Hezbollah and Iran will likely align, for a short time, to postpone the wider fighting in the north.

 An IDF tank operates in the Gaza Strip. May 2, 2024.

Four soldiers killed in Hamas rocket barrage toward Kerem Shalom, aid crossing closed

The rockets were reportedly launched from the Rafah area. The Kerem Shalom crossing was closed after the attack.

(From left-to-right) IDF soldiers Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline, Ido Testa, Michael Ruzal, and Tal Shavit, who were killed in the Hamas rocket attack on the Kerem Shalom area. May 5, 2024

Israel shares photo of aid build-up in Gaza, says UN is not distributing it

The target of Israel's ire was UNRWA, the UN agency that Israel has called on nations to defund.

 A photo shared by Israel's Coordinated Office of Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT), purporting to show humanitarian aid piled up, undistributed, on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.

UN chief calls for Israeli 'ironclad commitment' for free humanitarian aid access to Gaza

Katz denounces Guterres for failure to blame Hamas for plundering humanitarian assistance

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media during a visit to the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022.

Only more land crossings into Gaza can prevent famine, WHO claims

WHO chief Tedros warns Gaza famine risk due to war; urges expanded land crossings for aid. Israel offensive targets key hospital.

 Logo of the World Health Organization.