Israeli blockade of aid delivery to the Gaza Strip

{{Short description|2024 civilian protests during Gaza humanitarian crisis}}

{{protection padlock|small=yes}}{{About|the prevention of aid to Gaza by Israelis|Israel's total blockade of the Gaza Strip|Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)}}{{Infobox civil conflict

| partof = the Gaza war and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

| image = חסימת משאיות הסיוע.jpg

| image_alt = Protesters in front of a border gate blocking humanitarian aid trucks to the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing, with one carrying an Israeli flag.

| caption = Protesters blocking humanitarian aid trucks to the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing

| date = {{Start date|2024|1|24}} – present

| place = Kerem Shalom crossing, Nitzana Border Crossing, Port of Ashdod, Taba Border Crossing

| causes = Transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by Israel during wartime before all Israeli hostages were returned

| goals = Stopping humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip

| methods = *Blocking aid trucks

  • Raiding and destroying aid cargo
  • Violence against truck drivers

| result = Completely halted or significantly limited aid delivery on several days

| injuries = 5{{Cite news |last=Golditch |first=Chaim |date=May 16, 2024 |title=After several violent incidents: the Order 9 organization freezes its activities against the aid convoys to Gaza |url=https://www.kan.org.il/749847 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Israel Broadcasting Corporation}}

| arrests = 52{{Cite web |title=חרף הנחיית האלוף: פעילי צו 9 חסמו את המשאיות |url=https://www.srugim.co.il/890543-%d7%97%d7%a8%d7%a3-%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%99%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%a3-%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%99-%d7%a6%d7%95-9-%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%9e%d7%95-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%90 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=סרוגים |language=HE}}{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Blocking the aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing: protesters claim severe violence; 18 Delayed |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/627907 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}}{{Cite web |last=Farid |first=Sheila |date=February 6, 2024 |title=The police seized a bus of activists on its way to Kerem Shalom and took it to a police station |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/news/730565/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Makor Rishon}}{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2024 |title=After clashes: the Kerem Shalom crossing was blocked for the movement of aid trucks |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/628383 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}}{{Cite news |last=קימון |first=אלישע בן |last2=אדלסון |first2=דניאל |last3=יורק |first3=ניו |date=2024-05-13 |title=משאיות סיוע נחסמו ליד חברון, הושחתו - ואחת הוצתה: ארה"ב קראה לפעול נגד המעורבים |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkegkjlqa |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}{{cite web |last1=Solomon |first1=Eden |date=May 9, 2024 |title=Far-right Israeli Protesters Block Aid Trucks Bound for Gaza |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-09/ty-article/.premium/far-right-israeli-protesters-block-gaza-aid-trucks-from-jordan-bound-for-six-hours/0000018f-5e9a-d995-a5df-5ebf73570000 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=Haaretz}}{{cite web |date=7 May 2024 |title=Protesters at Latrun interchange block road to stop Gaza aid trucks |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/protesters-at-latrun-interchange-block-road-to-stop-gaza-aid-trucks/ |access-date=13 May 2024 |website=The Times of Israel}}

| damage = *Nine trucks vandalized{{Cite news |last=קימון |first=אלישע בן |last2=אדלסון |first2=דניאל |last3=יורק |first3=ניו |date=2024-05-13 |title=משאיות סיוע נחסמו ליד חברון, הושחתו - ואחת הוצתה: ארה"ב קראה לפעול נגד המעורבים |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkegkjlqa |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}{{Cite news |last=Solomon |first=Eden |last2=Breiner |first2=Yehoshua |last3=Peleg |first3=Bar |date=May 13, 2024 |title=Two trucks with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip were set on fire near the Tarkumiya crossing |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/0000018f-73a1-ddbe-addf-77af249a0000 |work=Haaretz}}

  • Three trucks set on fire{{Cite news |last=קימון |first=אלישע בן |last2=אדלסון |first2=דניאל |last3=יורק |first3=ניו |date=2024-05-13 |title=משאיות סיוע נחסמו ליד חברון, הושחתו - ואחת הוצתה: ארה"ב קראה לפעול נגד המעורבים |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkegkjlqa |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}{{Cite news |last=Solomon |first=Eden |last2=Breiner |first2=Yehoshua |last3=Peleg |first3=Bar |date=May 13, 2024 |title=Two trucks with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip were set on fire near the Tarkumiya crossing |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/0000018f-73a1-ddbe-addf-77af249a0000 |work=Haaretz}}{{Cite news |last=Golditch |first=Chaim |date=May 16, 2024 |title=After several violent incidents: the Order 9 organization freezes its activities against the aid convoys to Gaza |url=https://www.kan.org.il/749847 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Israel Broadcasting Corporation}}

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The Israeli blockade of aid delivery to the Gaza Strip is an Israeli act of protest that began on January 24, 2024, in which demonstrators protested against the entry of humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators prevented the passage of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing, at the Nitzana crossing, at the Port of Ashdod, and on the roads that aid trucks traveled on.{{Cite web |last=אנוך |first=דוד |date=2024-03-08 |title=אי אפשר עוד לתמוך במלחמת שלום נתניהו |url=https://www.hujilawblog.com/single-post/%D7%90%D7%99-%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%9C%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9A-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=hebrewulaw |language=he}}{{Cite news |last=עדן |first=סולומון |date=28 January 2024 |title=לראשונה מפרוץ המחאה, צה"ל מנע ממפגינים לחסום הכנסת סיוע הומניטרי לרצועה |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/0000018d-4f7a-d35c-a39f-ef7a5d7d0000 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Haaretz}}{{Cite web |date=6 March 2024 |title=Gaza's hunger crisis |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/42pMYGoTWsIa489bmBoa49?si=449a50f7ea254ab1 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=open.spotify.com}}

The demonstrations were initiated by the "Tsav 9",{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2-7JNmv96U |title=מאות חסמו משאיות בדרכן לעזה: "סיוע הומניטרי הורג את חיילנו" |date=2024-01-24 |last=עכשיו |access-date=2024-08-11 |via=YouTube}} "Warrior Mothers",{{Cite web |last=Carmon |first=Shoshana |date=29 January 2024 |title=Reot Ben Haim, one of the founders of 'Order 9': "Stopping the trucks is the way to free the abductees" |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/727671/ |access-date=10 August 2024 |website=Makor Rishon}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-18 |title=יו"ר ארגון 'צעדת אימהות הלוחמים': "כשהעזתים יהיו מספיק רעבים, הם יתחילו להתקומם" |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-1077091 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=www.maariv.co.il |language=he}} and "Forum Tikva"{{Cite web |last=Yegorov |first=Ilya |date=31 January 2024 |title=Kerem Shalom crossing stormy: allegations of severe police violence, 18 arrested |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/defense/article/15195748 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=www.israelhayom.co.il}} groups to protest the transfer of supplies to the Gaza Strip as well as to prevent the actual entry of the supply trucks, with the intention of putting pressure on Hamas to release the hostages who were kidnapped during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-01-28 |title=חוסמים את חוסמי המשאיות: כרם שלום שוב נסגר - וצה"ל הודיע על שטח צבאי סגור |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/sk2gvkqqt |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}

In the first days of the protests, the blockades focused primarily on the Kerem Shalom crossing, where the aid trucks crossed into the Gaza Strip from Israeli territory. After the commander of the Southern Command declared the crossing a closed military area, the activists moved to block the Nitzana crossing and the Ashdod port.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-15 |title=לאחר הגעת המפגינים: צה"ל סגר את מעבר ניצנה - וואלה חדשות |url=http://news.walla.co.il/item/3644199 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=וואלה |language=he}}{{Cite web |last=Baruch |first=Hizki |date=1 February 2024 |title=Hundreds tried to prevent aid to Gaza and blocked the port of Ashdod,Channel 7 |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/627977 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}}{{Cite news |last=Kuriel |first=Ilana |last2=Ben Kimon |first2=Elisha |date=2024-05-09 |title=מכת"זית וחומות סלעים בכביש: עימותים בחסימת משאיות הסיוע לעזה במצפה רמון |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bjvi1qqfr |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}

Background

: {{See also|Gaza war}}

Following the Hamas surprise attack on Israel, Israel initiated the Gaza war by bombing and invading the Gaza Strip. The declared goals of the war were the destruction of Hamas' military power, the removal of securitiy threats from the Gaza Strip to Israel, and the return of its kidnapped hostages. Initially, Israel declared the imposition of a complete blockade on Gaza, under which water, food, and humanitarian equipment would not be allowed to enter. However, following international pressure, Israel allowed the entry of trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah crossing. Later, following further pressure, Israel allowed the entry of aid trucks from Israeli territory through the Kerem Shalom crossing, which provoked widespread public criticism in Israel, and led to the organization of civil movements to prevent the entry of aid from Israeli territory.{{Cite web |last=Ioanes |first=Ellen |date=2023-10-14 |title=Gaza's spiraling humanitarian crisis, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/2023/10/14/23917260/israel-hamas-war-gaza-humanitarian-crisis |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Mijan |first=Shimon |last2=Brands |first2=Ram |date=October 21, 2023 |title=Rafah crossing opens to Gaza; Security official: "There is no humanitarian crisis" |url=https://www.kan.org.il/576680 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Israel Broadcasting Corporation}}{{Cite news |last=אייכנר |first=איתמר |date=2023-10-30 |title=ישראל וארה"ב סיכמו: הסיוע לעזה יוכפל ל-100 משאיות מדי יום |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bjrux9tmt |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}

= The humanitarian crisis =

{{See also|Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present)|Gaza Strip famine}}

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As part of efforts to exert pressure against Hamas with the aim of bringing about the collapse of the organization and the release of approximately 240 civilians and soldiers who were abducted to the Gaza Strip, Israel started a war in Gaza and imposed a blockade on the entry of supplies to it, which according to the United Nations, caused a humanitarian crisis.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title='The world must do more' for Gaza, 5 UN agencies say {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1142652 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=news.un.org |language=en}} The siege and fighting resulted in a 90% drop in the availability of electricity, most of which was provided by the Israel Electric Corporation until the start of the war. This decrease significantly affected the electricity supply to the hospitals, and caused a shutdown of Gazan sewage systems and desalination facilities that supplied the region with drinking water, which increased the spread of diseases and the likelihood of infection outbreaks throughout Gaza. While several sources in Israel claimed that there was no humanitarian crisis in Gaza at the beginning of the war, the humanitarian crisis quickly worsened and led to mass starvation in the Gaza Strip.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-21 |title=בצל הטענות: גורם ביטחוני מבהיר - "אין משבר הומניטרי בעזה" |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/news/military/Article-1046443 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=www.maariv.co.il |language=he}}{{Cite web |last=Shuvel |first=Lilach |date=November 21, 2023 |title=The Fear: An Acute Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip That Will Affect Israel |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/defense/article/14849074 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Israel Hayom}}

On January 6, 2024, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that the Gaza Strip had become an uninhabitable place to live in.{{Cite news |last=Khoury |first=Jackie |date=January 6, 2024 |title=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: The Gaza Strip has become an uninhabitable place |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/0000018c-de2f-daf6-a5df-df7f426f0000 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Haaretz}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=Gaza has 'simply become uninhabitable': UN humanitarian chief |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240105-gaza-has-simply-become-uninhabitable-un-humanitarian-chief |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=France 24 |language=en}} On February 27, the ministry said that a quarter of the population of the Gaza Strip, about 576,000 people, were on the brink of severe mass starvation.{{Cite news |last= |date=2024-02-27 |title=Quarter of Gazans one step away from famine, UN says |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1quxao3p |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet news |language=en}} In early March 2024, medical officials in Gaza claimed that there were children who died due to malnutrition and dehydration.{{Cite news |last=חדשות |date=2024-03-03 |title=בעזה טוענים, בצל מצוקת הרעב: "15 ילדים מתו בימים האחרונים מתת-תזונה" |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rytvhr11p6 |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}

= Humanitarian aid =

Two weeks after the start of the war on October 21, Israel allowed the entry of about twenty trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip from Egypt through the Rafah crossing.{{Cite news |last=רויטרס |date=2023-10-12 |title=מזכ"ל האו"ם: "להכניס סיוע הומניטרי לעזה - במהירות וללא הפרעה" |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/by0e40ewt |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}} On October 31, United States President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to increase the number of trucks that could enter the Gaza Strip to about 100 a day. However, Netanyahu convinced Biden to not allow fuel shipments into the Gaza Strip due to its potential of serving Hamas. Netanyahu stated that "the humanitarian aid does not belong to Israel, but to international entities. It is food and medicine that are physically inspected and monitored by Israeli security forces and pass through Egypt. All shipments are intended for the civilian population - and if it turns out that they are taken by Hamas, they will be stopped."

Several nations began dropping prepackaged food and medical supplies onto Gaza's coast.{{Cite news |date=January 5, 2024 |title=French, Jordanian air forces drop medical aid to Gaza - Elysee |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/french-jordanian-airforces-drop-medical-aid-gaza-elysee-2024-01-05/ |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Reuters}} On March 2, the United States launched an operation to bring food into the Gaza Strip, and airdropped humanitarian aid shipments containing over 38,000 meals near the village of al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip. Jordan and France also airdropped food to the Gaza Strip.{{Cite news |last=Ali |first=Idrees |last2=Stewart |first2=Phil |last3=Mason |first3=Jeff |date=March 2, 2024 |title=US carries out first airdrop of aid into Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us-carries-out-first-airdrop-aid-into-gaza-officials-say-2024-03-02/ |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Reuters}}

The quantities that were dropped by the United States and other countries were small compared to what the Gazan population needed to avoid malnutrition, dehydration, and disease. As a result, the United States began building a temporary floating pier in Gaza, to which supplies arrived from the port of Larnaca in Cyprus directly to Gaza. The floating dock began operating on May 17,{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=ארה"ב: משאיות סיוע החלו לנוע לראשונה מהמזח לרצועת עזה {{!}} כלכליסט |url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/local_news/article/rk00ckcnm0 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=calcalist |language=he}} and transferred 6,206 tons of humanitarian aid until the end of June. The pier was later disassembled in part due to delivery difficulties and maintenance problems such as the disconnection of parts of the port and their drifting towards the shores of Israel.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-22 |title=N12 - חלקי המזח הצף בעזה – הגיעו לחוף הים בתל אביב |url=https://www.mako.co.il/news-israel/2024_q2/Article-7d663722d704091026.htm |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=N12}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-17 |title=US military pier for carrying aid to Gaza will be dismantled after weather and security problems |url=https://apnews.com/article/pier-military-gaza-war-humanitarian-aid-76ff45e7ef81ae68a75ac269daaa0dd3 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=AP News |language=en}}

On 21 December 2023, Israeli activists attempted to block the Kerem Shalom crossing to prevent humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip.{{cite web |title=Protest barred from bid to block aid trucks at Gaza crossing |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/protest-barred-from-bid-to-block-aid-trucks-at-gaza-crossing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212153112/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/protest-barred-from-bid-to-block-aid-trucks-at-gaza-crossing/ |archive-date=12 February 2024 |access-date=23 December 2023 |website=The Times of Israel}} On 9 January, captives' families were stopped by police trying to block humanitarian aid.{{cite web |title=Israeli police remove captives' families trying to block aid to Gaza |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/9/israel-war-on-gaza-blinken-arrives-in-israel-as-fighting-continues?update=2605831 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110021802/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/9/israel-war-on-gaza-blinken-arrives-in-israel-as-fighting-continues?update=2605831 |archive-date=10 January 2024 |access-date=10 January 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}} On 19 January, families of captives promised "extreme actions", including blocking humanitarian aid.{{cite web |title=Families of Israeli captives promise 'extreme actions', including blocking Gaza aid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-support-for-israel-ironclad-despite-rebuff?update=2632550 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119122501/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-support-for-israel-ironclad-despite-rebuff?update=2632550 |archive-date=19 January 2024 |access-date=20 January 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}}

Blockade

= January 2024 =

Beginning on January 24, 2024, the "Tsav 9" movement led the blockade of the aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing intended to bring humanitarian equipment into the Gaza Strip, The group blocked shipments in protest of the aid being brought into the Gaza Strip before the captured hostages were returned to their homes, and claiming that the terrorist organization Hamas was taking over the shipment contents to meet the needs of its operatives while fighting against IDF soldiers.{{Cite web |title=צו 9 נגד נתניהו: "משאיות האספקה - חמצן עבור חמאס" |url=https://www.srugim.co.il/890077-%d7%a6%d7%95-9-%d7%a0%d7%92%d7%93-%d7%a0%d7%aa%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95-%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%90%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%90%d7%a1%d7%a4%d7%a7%d7%94-%d7%97%d7%9e%d7%a6%d7%9f-%d7%a2%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a8 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=סרוגים |language=HE}} Only nine aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on the first day of the blockade out of sixty that were waiting to enter, passing the activists before reaching the crossing.{{Cite web |last=Avitan Cohen |first=Shirit |last2=Yegorov |first2=Ilya |date=January 25, 2024 |title=Monday in a row: The Kerem Shalom crossing is blocked again for the passage of supply and aid convoys to the Gaza Strip |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/local/article/15162871 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Israel Hayom}}

On January 28, Israeli security forces prevented protest groups from blocking the crossing, allowing several trucks to enter Gaza. A short time later, the protestors bypassed the security barriers on foot, and blocked the rest of the trucks. The trucks were then directed to the Nitzana crossing, but the protestors arrived there as well and blocked the trucks.{{Cite news |last=Blumenthal |first=Itai |last2=Zoertz |first2=Itzik |last3=Pozilov |first3=Asaf |last4=Stein |first4=Amichai |date=January 28, 2024 |title=Protesters block Kerem Shalom - a few trucks managed to pass , on the website here |url=https://www.kan.org.il/693479 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Israel Broadcasting Corporation}} Following the bypassing of the checkpoints, Major General of the Southern Command Yaron Finkelman decided to expand the restricted military area in such a way that it would prevent the protesters' access to the Kerem Shalom crossing.{{Cite web |last=Amir |first=Noam |date=January 28, 2024 |title=Fighting the protest of the abductees' families: the IDF closes the Kerem Shalom area |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/news/727371/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Makor Rishon}} The next day, despite military plans, the demonstrators attempted to reach the Kerem Shalom crossing,{{Cite news |last=חדשות |date=2024-01-29 |title=למרות ההכרזה על שטח צבאי סגור: מפגינים מנסים לחסום שוב את מעבר כרם שלום |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rjn3n04q6 |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}} leading to thirteen of them being arrested.{{Cite web |title=חרף הנחיית האלוף: פעילי צו 9 חסמו את המשאיות |url=https://www.srugim.co.il/890543-%d7%97%d7%a8%d7%a3-%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%99%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%a3-%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%99-%d7%a6%d7%95-9-%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%9e%d7%95-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%90 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=סרוגים |language=HE}}{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2024 |title=The leader of the struggle against the introduction of the trucks was arrested at the Kerem Shalom crossing |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/627627 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}} After their removal, 129 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on that day.{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2024 |title=After the protesters were stopped: 129 trucks entered Gaza today through the Kerem Shalom crossing |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/627694 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}} On January 30, the protestors blocked the Nitzana crossing after marching there on foot due to a roadblock on Highway 40.{{Cite web |last=Almakais |first=Yishai |date=January 30, 2024 |title=The 7th day of blockades: The protesters arrived at the Nitsana crossing and are preventing the passage of aid trucks |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/news/728081/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Makor Rishon}}{{Cite web |title=גם מעבר ניצנה נחסם: משאיות הסיוע חזרו למצרים |url=https://www.srugim.co.il/891218-%d7%92%d7%9d-%d7%9e%d7%a2%d7%91%d7%a8-%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%a6%d7%a0%d7%94-%d7%a0%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%9d-%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%90%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%95%d7%a2-%d7%97%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%95-%d7%9c%d7%9e |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=סרוגים |language=HE}} On that day, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot stated they were examining limiting humanitarian aid into Gaza.{{cite web |title=Gantz, Eisenkot examine limiting aid to Gaza to pressure non-Hamas body to take over distribution – report |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gantz-eisenkot-examine-limiting-aid-to-gaza-to-pressure-non-hamas-body-to-take-over-distribution-report/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219175530/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/gantz-eisenkot-examine-limiting-aid-to-gaza-to-pressure-non-hamas-body-to-take-over-distribution-report/ |archive-date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=The Times of Israel}}

On January 31, the eighth day of the blockades, large forces of police accompanied by horse riders blocked approximately 300 protesters who entered the area of the restricted military area at the Kerem Shalom crossing, and allowed the passage of aid trucks to the Gaza Strip while using force to repel the protesters.{{Cite web |last=Amr |first=Dvir |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Documentation: An older Raptor police officer in Kerem Shalom |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/627907 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}} According to a police statement, thirty demonstrators were detained during the protests.{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Blocking the aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing: protesters claim severe violence; 18 Delayed |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/627907 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}}

On the same day, a petition was submitted to the Supreme Court of Israel against the commander of the Southern Command, claiming that the declaration of the Kerem Shalom and Nitzana crossings as restricted military areas was made for non-security reasons, in order to prevent political protests by civilians.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=מהומות בכרם שלום; עתירה הוגשה בבג"צ נגד הצו המונע הפגנות {{!}} צפו |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/news/military/Article-1072522 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=www.maariv.co.il |language=he}} In addition, National Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called on Netanyahu to cease sending aid to Gaza.{{cite web |title=Ben Gvir to Netanyahu: 'Stop trucks to Gaza – it's harming national unity' |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384492 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201000119/https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/384492 |archive-date=1 February 2024 |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=Israel National News}}

= February 2024 =

On 1 February, following the announcement of restricted military areas around the crossings to the Gaza Strip, the protestors announced a blockade of the Port of Ashdod, from where the aid supplies arrived for the trucks that take them to Kerem Shalom.{{Cite news |last=Hilleli |first=Shimon |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Not just blocking Kerem Shalom: This is the next step in the fight against aid to Gaza |url=https://www.now14.co.il/%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%A8%D7%A7-%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA-%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%93-%D7%94%D7%91%D7%90-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%91/ |work=Now 14}} Knesset member Zvi Sukot also participated in the blockade of the port.{{Cite web |last=Kahana |first=Ariel |date=February 1, 2024 |title=After a week of disruptions: protesters arrived to block aid trucks for the Gaza Strip at Ashdod port |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/15199314 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Israel Hayom}}{{Cite news |last=Zoertz |first=Itzik |date=February 1, 2024 |title=Dozens of protesters at the port of Ashdod block the passage of aid trucks towards the Gaza Strip |url=https://www.kan.org.il/696237 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Israel Broadcasting Corporation}}{{cite web |last1=Fabian |first1=Emanuel |title=Activists block Gaza aid trucks at Ashdod Port after being barred from border by IDF |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-block-gaza-aid-trucks-at-ashdod-port-after-being-barred-from-border-by-idf/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203042000/https://www.timesofisrael.com/activists-block-gaza-aid-trucks-at-ashdod-port-after-being-barred-from-border-by-idf/ |archive-date=3 February 2024 |access-date=3 February 2024 |website=The Times of Israel}} On 2 February, protesters blocked the Nitzana Border Crossing.{{cite web |title=Activists block Nitzana border crossing to prevent entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/activists-block-nitzana-border-crossing-to-prevent-entry-of-humanitarian-aid-into-gaza/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203005435/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/activists-block-nitzana-border-crossing-to-prevent-entry-of-humanitarian-aid-into-gaza/ |archive-date=3 February 2024 |access-date=3 February 2024 |website=The Times of Israel}}

On February 6, the police stopped a bus with about fifty protesters on their way to block the Kerem Shalom crossing. A police officer got on the bus and ordered the driver to go to the police station in Netivot. The police stated that "as part of the police activity to enforce a restricted military area, the police called the bus driver to stop his journey. After he did not respond to their call, they detained the driver who refused to identify himself to them. Due to his refusal as mentioned, he was detained at the police station in order to identify him, and after an investigation he was released. We will emphasize that none of the bus passengers were detained."{{Cite web |last=Farid |first=Sheila |date=February 6, 2024 |title=The police seized a bus of activists on its way to Kerem Shalom and took it to a police station |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/news/730565/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Makor Rishon}}{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2024 |title=After clashes: the Kerem Shalom crossing was blocked for the movement of aid trucks |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/628383 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}}{{Cite web |title=המשטרה "חטפה" אוטובוס בדרך לחסימת כרם שלום |url=https://www.srugim.co.il/893704-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%98%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%97%d7%98%d7%a4%d7%94-%d7%90%d7%95%d7%98%d7%95%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a1-%d7%91%d7%93%d7%a8%d7%9a-%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%9e%d7%aa-%d7%9b%d7%a8%d7%9d-%d7%a9 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=סרוגים |language=HE}} On that day, the protesters blocked 130 trucks. At night, tents were spread on the road to block trucks that were arriving at dawn.{{Cite web |last=Farid |first=Shilo |date=February 7, 2024 |title=Hundreds of tents on the road: Kerem Shalom crossing blocked at night |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/news/731035/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Makor Rishon}} Throughout the next night, hundreds of protesters slept in tents near the Kerem Shalom crossing, and continued to block the trucks.{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2024 |title=Even tonight: Dozens of activists sleep at the Kerem Shalom crossing |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/628611 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}} On Friday, 9 February 2024, the 17th day of the blockades, dozens of protesters blocked the Nitzana crossing for trucks to enter the Gaza Strip, after spending hours in the area during the night between Thursday and Friday.{{Cite web |last=Brandoin |first=Itzik |date=February 9, 2024 |title=Documentation: Nitsana and Kerem Shalom crossings were blocked for the passage of aid trucks to Gaza |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/628737 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}} Protesters blocked the Karem Abu Salem crossing on 12 February.{{cite web |title=Israeli protesters block Gaza-bound humanitarian aid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-planning-rafah-assault-as-talks-continue?update=2702702 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214040623/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-planning-rafah-assault-as-talks-continue?update=2702702 |archive-date=14 February 2024 |access-date=14 February 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}}

On February 14, the Tsav 9 movement published photos of vests and helmets that were part of the supplies.{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2024 |title="Proof that the goods are intended for Hamas": Military equipment was found inside the humanitarian aid trucks |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/local/article/15268749 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Israel Hayom}}{{Cite news |last=Hilleli |first=Shimon |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Humanitarian aid? Military vests and helmets were seized in trucks in Kerem Shalom |url=https://www.now14.co.il/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A0%D7%AA/ |work=Now 14}}{{Cite web |title=נחשף: ציוד צבאי אותר בתוך משאיות הסיוע לעזה |url=https://www.srugim.co.il/897315-%d7%97%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%a4%d7%94-%d7%a6%d7%99%d7%95%d7%93-%d7%a6%d7%91%d7%90%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%a8-%d7%91%d7%aa%d7%95%d7%9a-%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%90%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%95%d7%a2 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=סרוגים |language=HE}} According to the coordinator of government operations, the presence of these items in the humanitarian aid shipments was not about smuggling equipment to Hamas. Instead, they were claimed to have been transported as personal protective equipment that was provided at the request of the Red Cross exclusively to foreign teams. The equipment was kept in transit while the request was being examined by security officials. On the same day, an individual blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza stated, "We cannot give them good foods".{{cite web |last1=Abu Rmeleh |first1=Faiz |title='We cannot give them good foods': Israeli anti-aid protester |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-afraid-to-leave-as-israel-fires-on-hospital?update=2708205 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216064305/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-afraid-to-leave-as-israel-fires-on-hospital?update=2708205 |archive-date=16 February 2024 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}}

UNOCHA reported that only twenty trucks of aid entered Gaza on 17 February.{{cite web |title=Only 20 aid trucks entered Gaza on Thursday: UN |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-icj-warns-of-perilous-situation-in-rafah?update=2712898 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218025943/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-icj-warns-of-perilous-situation-in-rafah?update=2712898 |archive-date=18 February 2024 |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}} On February 18, following the blockades, no aid trucks entered at all through the Nitzana crossing, and 123 trucks entered through the Kerem Shalom crossing, representing about half of the amount that entered the day before.{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2024 |title=Stopping aid to Gaza: Nitsana crossing blocked by protesters |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/629580 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}} On February 19, the blockades continued at the Nitzana crossing, with reports stating that humanitarian aid entering Gaza had experienced a "clear decline" since the start of the month.{{cite web |last1=al-Shaer |first1=Hani |title=Clear decline in aid entering Gaza |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-food-trucks-surrounded-as-hunger-spreads-in-gaza?update=2716770 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221010749/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-food-trucks-surrounded-as-hunger-spreads-in-gaza?update=2716770 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}}{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2024 |title=Documentation: severe violence against the protesters at the Kerem Shalom crossing |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/630006 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}} On February 22, thirty protesters were repelled from the Kerem Shalom crossing. On February 27, hundreds of activists arrived and blocked the entrance of aid trucks to the Gaza Strip through the Nitzana crossing.{{Cite web |last=Farid |first=Sheila |date=February 27, 2024 |title=The struggle to aid Hamas continues: Nitsana crossing blocked, trucks left outside |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/news/739251/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Makor Risho}}

Reports that were released in mid-March 2024 stated that Israeli border officers had allowed protesters to disrupt humanitarian aid convoys for weeks at the Kerem Shalom crossing. However, at the end of February 2024 it was reported that due to mounting international pressures and condemnation they created a restricted military zone around the border crossings.{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Clarissa |last2=Swails |first2=Brent |date=2024-03-08 |title='If they are starving to death, give us the hostages back' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/middleeast/gaza-israelis-aid-trucks-protests/index.html |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=CNN |language=en}} The protesters are part of over two-thirds of the Jewish Israeli population that are opposed to the sending of humanitarian aid to Gaza, per a February 2024 survey done by the Israeli Democracy Institute.{{Cite web |last=Ofir |first=Jonathan |date=2024-02-23 |title=Over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians starving in Gaza |url=https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/over-2-3-of-jewish-israelis-oppose-humanitarian-aid-to-palestinians-starving-in-gaza/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225233517/https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/over-2-3-of-jewish-israelis-oppose-humanitarian-aid-to-palestinians-starving-in-gaza/ |archive-date=2024-02-25 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Mondoweiss |language=en-US}} Israeli military and police officers were reportedly tipping off the activists and settlers on the location of the humanitarian aid trucks.{{cite news |last1=Tondo |first1=Lorenzo |date=21 May 2024 |title=Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/israeli-soldiers-and-police-tipping-off-groups-that-attack-gaza-aid-trucks |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=The Guardian}}

= May 2024 =

In early May 2024, Israeli settlers attacked a humanitarian aid shipment traveling to the Erez crossing, according to the Jordanian Foreign Ministry.{{cite web |last1=Choukeir |first1=Jana |title=Jordan says Israeli settlers attacked Jordanian aid convoys on way to Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordan-says-israeli-settlers-attacked-jordanian-aid-convoys-way-gaza-2024-05-01/ |access-date=12 May 2024 |website=Reuters}}

On May 13, 2024, protesters blocked dozens of aid trucks destined for Gaza at the Tarqumiyah crossing in Hebron Hills. Some of the aid was spilled and thrown from the truck during the blockade by right-wing protesters, leading to police arresting four people including one minor, but after the police left, two aid trucks were set ablaze.{{cite news |date=13 May 2024 |title=Right-wing activists vandalize aid shipment headed to Gaza, set 2 trucks alight |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/right-wing-activists-block-vandalize-aid-shipment-headed-to-gaza |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=Times of Israel}}{{Cite news |last=קימון |first=אלישע בן |last2=אדלסון |first2=דניאל |last3=יורק |first3=ניו |date=2024-05-13 |title=משאיות סיוע נחסמו ליד חברון, הושחתו - ואחת הוצתה: ארה"ב קראה לפעול נגד המעורבים |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkegkjlqa |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}{{Cite news |last=Solomon |first=Eden |last2=Breiner |first2=Yehoshua |last3=Peleg |first3=Bar |date=May 13, 2024 |title=Two trucks with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip were set on fire near the Tarkumiya crossing |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/0000018f-73a1-ddbe-addf-77af249a0000 |work=Haaretz}}{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Emily |date=May 13, 2024 |title=Israeli protesters block aid convoy headed to Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-protesters-block-aid-convoy-headed-gaza-2024-05-13/ |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Reuters}} Tzav 9 claimed responsibility for the blockade, vowing: "No aid goes through until the last of the hostages returns." Tzav 9 further provided a quote from an Israeli that stated: "Blocking the trucks is a noble and understandable act for anyone with a sound mind.", and stated that "The aid that the State of Israel transfers goes directly into the hands of Hamas" The aid delivery workers said that the aid convoy's escort of Israeli soldiers did nothing to prevent the attack by Israeli settlers, with one aid worker stating that the convoy travelled on a "special army road that civilians could not cross", but was attacked by "at least 400 settlers", who were "throwing stones" and dumping aid, while the Israeli "army did not provide us with any kind of protection", despite being "present and watching what was happening. The army was at the service of the settlers."{{cite news |last1=Tondo |first1=Lorenzo |last2=Taha |first2=Sufian |last3=Burke |first3=Jason |date=16 May 2024 |title=Barbaric': Palestinian lorry drivers recount settlers' attack on Gaza aid convoy |url=https://theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/palestinian-lorry-drivers-israeli-settlers-attack-gaza-aid-convoy |access-date=17 May 2024 |work=The Guardian}} Videos of the protest circulated online that showed Israeli protestors throwing supplies from the truck on the ground.

On the same day, protesters blocked the Latrun Interchange to stop humanitarian aid delivery, leading to four protesters being arrested. The mayor of Mitzpe Ramon joined the blocking of humanitarian aid into Gaza.{{cite web |last1=Solomon |first1=Eden |date=May 9, 2024 |title=Far-right Israeli Protesters Block Aid Trucks Bound for Gaza |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-09/ty-article/.premium/far-right-israeli-protesters-block-gaza-aid-trucks-from-jordan-bound-for-six-hours/0000018f-5e9a-d995-a5df-5ebf73570000 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=Haaretz}}{{cite web |date=7 May 2024 |title=Protesters at Latrun interchange block road to stop Gaza aid trucks |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/protesters-at-latrun-interchange-block-road-to-stop-gaza-aid-trucks/ |access-date=13 May 2024 |website=The Times of Israel}}

On May 15, some activists blocked a truck they believed was carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, set its tires on fire, and threw stones at it. The truck driver suffered a head injury and was taken into medical care. It later turned out that the truck was not transporting aid to the Gaza Strip. In response to the activists' acts of violence, the Tsav 9 movement published a statement according to which "there were several events in which acts were committed that we do not encourage. We are opposed to violence of any kind and harm to the members of the security forces", and announced that they were "maintaining a renewed preparation for the continuation of the activity".{{Cite news |last=Golditch |first=Chaim |date=May 16, 2024 |title=After several violent incidents: the Order 9 organization freezes its activities against the aid convoys to Gaza |url=https://www.kan.org.il/749847 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Israel Broadcasting Corporation}}

On May 17, activists tried to block a truck that they suspected was transporting aid to the Gaza Strip and threw stones at the driver. The truck driver tried to escape and hit a number of vehicles as he drove away, and was finally halted and attacked by far-right activists near Kokhav HaShahar, catching the driver off guard.{{Cite news |last=Peleg |first=Bar |last2=Fridson |first2=Yael |date=May 17, 2024 |title=Settlers attacked a driver they suspected of delivering aid to Gaza, and beat soldiers who tried to treat him |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/0000018f-8329-d9d6-a38f-87fb650d0000 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Haaretz}}{{Cite web |date=May 17, 2024 |title=Rabbi of the Kochav HaShahar settlement: "Whoever beats IDF soldiers beats all of us" |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/637766 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}} A military force that came to the rescue of the driver was beaten by the activists, resulting in two officers and another fighter being slightly injured in the incident. The head of the Binyamin Council, Israel Gantz, condemned the violence of the activists in addition to the rabbi of the Kochav HaShahar settlement.{{Cite web |date=May 17, 2024 |title=Israelis attacked a truck driver in Binyamin after they thought it was aid to Gaza |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/637755 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Channel 7}}{{Cite web |title=עמית סגל |url=https://t.me/amitsegal/34905 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Telegram}}

On May 19, dozens of Israelis gathered in Evyatar, stopped a Palestinian truck that they suspected was transporting aid to the Gaza Strip, and vandalized its equipment.{{Cite news |last=Peleg |first=Bar |last2=Khoury |first2=Jacky |date=May 19, 2024 |title=Settlers set fire to cars in the village of Yatma in Bedda, dozens threw stones and vandalized goods |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/0000018f-91cd-d74b-a5cf-fdcf89560000 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=Haaretz}} On May 20, it was announced that teenagers from the "We will not forget" (Hebrew: לא נשכח) organization were the main people responsible for the escalation of the protest and the use of violence during the blockade of the aid trucks after the Tsav 9 movement disowned the burning of the trucks. The publication claims that the organization's operatives received advance information about the route the aid trucks planned to take by employees of the crossings' authority, as well as by soldiers and policemen.{{Cite web |last1=Peleg |first1=Bar |last2=Solomon |first2=Eden |date=May 20, 2024 |title='Spill It onto the Road': How Right-wing Israeli Activists Are Organizing to Block Aid Trucks to Gaza |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14623528.2024.2377871 |via=www.tandfonline.com |work=Haaretz |access-date=10 August 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Peleg |first1=Bar |last2=Solomon |first2=Eden |title='Spill It Onto the Road': How Right-wing Israeli Activists Are Organizing to Block Aid Trucks to Gaza |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-05-20/ty-article/.premium/how-right-wing-israeli-activists-are-organizing-to-block-aid-trucks-to-gaza/0000018f-965e-d35f-a1df-dfdf8e7d0000 |publisher=Haaretz |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=May 20, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Hanan |last2=Yalon |first2=Yori |date=May 20, 2024 |title=The organization that started the protest has lost control: rioters violently attack aid trucks |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/local/article/15776763 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Israel Hayom}}

BBC News reported in late May 2024: "Right-wing activists, including Jewish settlers living in the occupied West Bank, have uploaded dozens of videos of crowds, including some very young children, hurling food onto the ground and stamping on boxes of aid" meant for Gaza. Other videos, BBC News describes, "show Israeli vigilantes stopping lorries in Jerusalem and demanding that drivers show papers proving they are not transporting aid to Gaza. Their faces are uncovered and they appear to be acting with complete impunity." Peace activists, both Jews and Arab, have mobilised in an attempt to protect the aid; these peace activists have claimed that text messages exist showing aid-attacking activists asking for and gaining help from the Israeli police and the Israeli army.{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Paul |date=May 25, 2024 |title=Israeli activists battle over Gaza-bound aid convoys |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9950n003yo |access-date=May 25, 2024 |work=BBC News}}

= June 2024 =

In June 2024, the Palestine Red Crescent Society stated Israel was blocking humanitarian aid from entering through the Rafah crossing, in violation of ICJ orders.{{cite web |title=Israel keeps Rafah crossing closed amid 'imminent' famine: PRCS |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hamas-calls-nuseirat-raid-a-complex-war-crime?update=2965498 |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}} On June 13, the Commissioner of Israel Police Kobi Shabtai informed Attorney General of Israel Gali Baharav-Miara that the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, had directly instructed his Deputy Commissioner Superintendent Avshalom Peled, to refrain from providing security for the aid convoys to the Gaza Strip. According to him, when he approached Ben-Gvir on the subject, the minister threatened him after he refused.{{Cite news |last=מורג |first=גלעד |last2=תורג'מן |first2=מאיר |date=2024-06-13 |title=המפכ"ל ליועמ"שית: בן גביר הנחה את סגני לא לאבטח שיירות סיוע, ואיים ב"השלכות" כשסירבתי |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hj6opjuba |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}

= October 2024 =

The head of the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA reported in mid October that Israeli authorities were preventing humanitarian missions from reaching the northern Gaza area. Israeli officials did not initially respond, but later claimed that they had been delivering large amounts of humanitarian supplies into Gaza through land deliveries and air drops.{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2024 |title=UN agency says Israel still preventing aid from reaching northern Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-agency-says-israel-still-preventing-aid-reaching-northern-gaza-2024-10-21/ |access-date=March 3, 2025 |website=Reuters}}

In late October Israeli lawmakers passed two laws which threatened the abilities for UNRWA to deliver humanitarian aid. The first law banned UNRWA from conducting any activity or providing any service inside Israel and the second would sever Israeli's diplomatic ties with the agency.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-10-29 |title=Israel passes laws that may threaten the work of a U.N. aid agency in Gaza |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/g-s1-30588/israel-un-aid-gaza |access-date=2025-03-03 |work=NPR |language=en}}

= February 2025 =

In the midst of the Gaza cease fire and hostage exchange Israeli officials reported that they were stopping all aid from entering the Gaza Strip in an effort to pressure Hamas to accept updated terms for the second phase of the cease fire.{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Mike |last2=Dahman |first2=Ibrahim |last3=Lister |first3=Tim |last4=Szekeres |first4=Edward |date=2025-03-02 |title=Israel says it will block aid going into Gaza until Hamas agrees to ceasefire extension |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/02/middleeast/israel-halts-gaza-humanitarian-aid-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=CNN |language=en}} Netanyahu's office threatened further consequences if Hamas did not accept the new terms, which included the continued release of hostages. Hamas officials reportedly agreed to the terms but had wanted a permanent ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces and release of more Palestinian prisoners.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-02 |title=Israel cuts off aid into Gaza to pressure Hamas to accept new deal extending fragile ceasefire - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-cuts-off-aid-gaza-hamas-ceasefire-deal/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

= May 2025 =

On 21 May, members from the Tzav 9 and the Israeli Reservists - Generation of Victory attempted to block aid from entering to Gaza at the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israeli police later arrested a protester for trying to block the road, and another for failing to listen to police instructions and obstructing police officers.{{cite web|title= Right-wing activists try to block aid trucks reaching Gaza; 2 arrested|url= https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/right-wing-activists-try-to-block-aid-trucks-reaching-gaza-2-arrested/|date=21 May 2025|last=Sharon|first=Jeremy|website=The Times of Israel|access-date=21 May 2025}}

Reactions

The actions to stop the aid trucks drew condemnations from the governments of the United States, Jordan, Great Britain, and Germany.{{Cite news |last=אייכנר |first=איתמר |last2=קימון |first2=אלישע בן |date=2024-05-15 |title=נהג משאית פלסטיני הותקף בבנימין {{!}} זה הנזק התדמיתי מהפגיעה בשיירות הסיוע |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/b1dcorf70 |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}} United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan strongly condemned the attacks, stating that "It is a total outrage that there are people who are attacking and looting these convoys coming from Jordan going to Gaza to deliver humanitarian assistance. We are looking at the tools that we have to respond to this. And we are also raising our concerns at the highest level of the Israeli government".{{Cite news |last=קימון |first=אלישע בן |last2=זיתון |first2=יואב |date=2024-05-17 |title=סברו שהוביל סיוע לעזה: הציתו משאית, תקפו את הנהג - ופצעו שני קצינים ולוחם |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/skrjih4qc |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}

On May 23, 2024, Facebook removed videos and posts published by the Tsav 9 movement on the grounds of "organized harm and promotion of crime" and blocked the possibility of re-publishing the account and its content. Instagram also suspended the activity of the movement's page.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title=פייסבוק ואינסטגרם חסמו את תנועת צו 9 - בחדרי חרדים |url=https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1663231 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=www.bhol.co.il |language=he}}{{Cite web |title=Because of the blocking of the aid trucks: Facebook removed the website of "Tso 9" |url=https://www.glz.co.il/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%A6/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9423-05-2024-1701/%D7%91%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%9C-%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A2-%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A7-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%A6%D7%95-9 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Galach}}

On June 14, 2024, the United States government announced that it was imposing sanctions on the Tsav 9 organization. A spokesperson's announcement said: "For months, individuals from Tzav 9 have repeatedly sought to thwart the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including by blockading roads, sometimes violently, along their route from Jordan to Gaza, including in the West Bank." Among the imposed sanctions included the freezing of the organization's assets in the United States as well as a ban on the ability for any American to transact with it. The United States government also criticized the Israeli government, asserting that it was responsible for ensuring the safety of the humanitarian convoys passing through its territory.{{Cite news |last=אייכנר |first=איתמר |last2=רויטרס |date=2024-06-14 |title="קיצונים ואלימים": ארה"ב הטילה סנקציות נגד "צו 9", שפעיליו חוסמים את משאיות הסיוע |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rk2qsttha |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}{{Cite web |title=Sanctioning Israeli Group for Disrupting and Destroying Humanitarian Aid to Civilians |url=https://www.state.gov/sanctioning-israeli-group-for-disrupting-and-destroying-humanitarian-aid-to-civilians/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}} On July 11, financial sanctions were also imposed on two activists in the organization: Reot Ben Haim and Aviad Sharid.{{Cite web |title=Designation of Individuals and Entities Contributing to Violence and Instability in the West Bank |url=https://www.state.gov/designation-of-individuals-and-entities-contributing-to-violence-and-instability-in-the-west-bank/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}

On July 14, the European Union imposed sanctions against five individuals and three organizations, including the Tsav 9 organization.{{Cite news |last=אייכנר |first=איתמר |date=2024-07-15 |title=גם "צו 9" ברשימה: האיחוד האירופי הטיל סנקציות על מתנחלים |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkl7nnzur |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=Ynet |language=he}}

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