Israel Blocks Gaza Aid Deliveries and Continues Attacks Despite Ceasefire

Israel is throttling aid during the ceasefire by cutting truck entries and keeping major crossings shut.

“Israel’s public broadcaster Kan reported that aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday would include food, medical supplies, fuel, cooking gas, and equipment to repair vital infrastructure”

The Guardian

The Independent reports Israel reduced daily aid trucks from 600 to 300, calling the current flow a “trickle” of roughly 560 metric tons.

The Guardian

Rafah closures and new Israeli registration rules are slowing convoys.

The UN World Food Programme says about 560 metric tons a day is entering but remains “insufficient,” with access to the north blocked by closed routes.

France 24 notes the Israeli military controls access to Gaza, permitting aid mainly through Kerem Shalom and only planning to partially reopen Rafah for people.

T-Online and NewsBreak report that the Rafah crossing remains closed indefinitely, with Netanyahu tying reopening to the return of bodies of dead hostages.

NBC says distribution is stalled because northern crossings are closed.

During the ceasefire, Israeli forces continued lethal actions that killed Palestinians.

Gaza’s media office says Israel violated the truce 47 times, killing 38 people and injuring 143 through gunfire, shelling, and arrests.

United News of Bangladesh

Independent reports describe an Israeli strike that killed nine civilians in a vehicle.

The Guardian reports a bus attack in Gaza that killed 11 Palestinians, with local authorities demanding UN protection.

T-Online adds that Israeli shelling killed nine family members.

Middle East Eye and the Canary detail repeated Israeli attacks and arrests, including tanks and drones operating near residential areas.

Israel is using the Rafah crossing as leverage, keeping it shut while demanding the return of bodies, which prolongs the aid blockade.

“The United Nations’ humanitarian aid chief, Tom Fletcher, visited Gaza to assess the extensive destruction caused by two years of Israeli bombardment that has killed nearly 68,000 Palestinians since October 2023”

Daily Sabah

The Guardian says Netanyahu will keep Rafah closed until the return of deceased hostages' bodies.

T-Online and NewsBreak confirm Rafah remains closed indefinitely and that reopening depends on the return of 28 bodies.

BBC reports the U.S. does not consider the group controlling Gaza in violation of the deal and is preparing the next ceasefire phase.

The South China Morning Post explains that the group says some bodies are buried under rubble from Israeli strikes, requiring heavy machinery for recovery.

DW adds that Israel intends to reopen Rafah for civilian movement and notes that only nine of the 28 deceased hostages' bodies had been returned at one point, prompting Israeli criticism over delays.

The humanitarian fallout is catastrophic with aid levels far below commitments.

Famine is documented, and Palestinians are dying from hunger and disease while Israel restricts access.

T-Online

The Independent reports only a “trickle” of roughly 560 metric tons of aid enters daily and notes Israel cutting trucks from 600 to 300.

The Herald states that just 339 trucks are offloaded daily versus the agreed 600, declaring a famine and over 400 deaths from malnutrition.

The Herald also emphasizes that the UN and aid groups deny Israel’s claim that sufficient food is entering.

The Killeen Daily Herald cites over 400 deaths from malnutrition, including more than 100 children.

Devdiscourse reports that the World Food Programme considers 560 metric tons a day insufficient and highlights closed northern routes.

شفق نيوز reports over 68,000 Palestinian deaths and 170,000 injuries since October 7, underscoring the scale of killing amid continued Israeli restrictions.

Even as Washington pushes to preserve the truce, Israel is entrenching control on the ground and Palestinian rights groups describe ongoing abuses.

“A major fire involving 28 fire units took 17 hours to be contained”

Daily Observer

NBC reports Israel set a “yellow line” and warned Palestinians not to cross it after a partial withdrawal, while aid remains stalled.

Daily Observer

The Intercept says Israeli withdrawals lack enforcement and “continued Israeli control... effectively maintains a restrictive occupation” despite the ceasefire, and criticizes the U.S. media for ignoring Palestinian detainees who died.

Democracy Now! highlights Trump’s threat of U.S. military action if the ceasefire fails and documents “severe mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners... described as ‘Israeli sadism.’”

Jurist.org centers accountability for the killing of Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi during the ceasefire period and notes the Foreign Press Association’s criticism of Israel for limiting media access to Gaza.