A total of 197 humanitarian aid trucks were screened and moved to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Crossing on Tuesday, according to Israel’s COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories: Judea and Samaria and towards the Gaza Strip). This happened after the Kerem Shalom border crossing was opened to the flow of emergency supplies to Gaza. 80 of these trucks were inspected at Kerem Shalom, and 117 of them were inspected at Nitzana. All trucks delivering humanitarian aid into Gaza are inspected by Israeli officials to make sure they are free of any equipment or weapons that Hama might use for terrorist activities.
Before Tuesday, only the Nitzana crossing, located along Israel’s border with Egypt about 50 kilometres away from Gaza, was open for the passage of aid.
The Kerem Shalom crossing is located at the intersection of the borders of Gaza, Israel and Egypt.