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Kerem Shalom border crossing

The Kerem Shalom border crossing is one of the two border crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians carry a box of food rations provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Gaza. March 14, 2024.

WFP pauses activities after coming under fire near IDF post

 A truck carries humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, July 10, 2024.

UN humanitarian coordinator reports of 'groups of men with sticks' waiting to loot aid trucks

 Food in Gaza, seen by the Jerusalem Post this week.

How Israel manages Gaza aid: 'Post' journeys to key crossings

 Trucks carrying aid are seen entering the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom, June 18, 2024

US trying to broker agreement between IDF, UN to improve safety for aid travel in Gaza

 Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 19, 2024.

No evidence of famine in Gaza Strip, high risk persists - UN-backed hunger monitor

By REUTERS
 Military personnel stand guard on the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023

Egypt rejects Israeli proposal to allow Gazans through Rafah crossing

 Trucks carrying aid are seen entering the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom, June 18, 2024

In first since October 7, IDF allows Gazans into Israel through Kerem Shalom

By Amir Bobot
 A NEW Humvee of the 7th platoon of mortars, part of the Nahal Brigades’ 50th battalion firing a 120mm mortar.

'Post' joins IDF mortar team, supporting Rafah operations from the Gaza border

 An Egyptian truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, is seen at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, May 30, 2024.

UN says lawlessness in Gaza impedes aid via Kerem Shalom despite Israel's military pause

By REUTERS
 An Egyptian truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, is seen at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, May 30, 2024.

Looting renders aid delivery too dangerous for UN as trucks languish in Gaza

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

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

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

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

 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.

Social media sites suspend accounts of organization blocking aid to Gaza

 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

IDF announces the reopening of the Kerem Shalom crossing

 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.

Rafah: Act now or suffer the consequences - editorial

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

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

(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

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

 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.

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