Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions, keeps Rafah crossing closed

Israel has imposed caller restrictions connected assistance entering the besieged Gaza Strip and volition not unfastened the Rafah crossing arsenic planned, portion Israeli forces killed respective radical successful the Palesitinian territory arsenic the Israel-Hamas ceasefire came nether increasing strain.

Israel notified the United Nations connected Tuesday that it volition lone let 300 assistance trucks – fractional of the fig it primitively agreed to – regular into the Gaza Strip from Wednesday.

Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) successful Gaza, confirmed the UN had received the enactment from the Coordination of Government Activities successful the Territories (COGAT), the limb of the Israeli subject that oversees assistance flows into Gaza.

The COGAT enactment said nary substance oregon state volition beryllium allowed into the war-torn enclave but for circumstantial needs related to humanitarian infrastructure.

Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud noted that allowing 300 trucks of assistance each time was “not astir enough” for famine-stricken Gaza.

“Three 100 is not enough. It’s not going to alteration anything,” helium said.

Israeli authorities besides announced the Rafah borderline crossing betwixt Gaza and Egypt volition stay closed.

The restrictions came hours aft Israeli forces killed astatine slightest 9 Palestinians successful attacks successful bluish and confederate Gaza, aesculapian sources told Al Jazeera.

At slightest six Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces successful Gaza City, and 3 others were killed successful Khan Younis.

Sources from al-Ahli Arab Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic connected Tuesday that Israeli soldiers killed 5 Palestinians successful the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City.

The Israeli subject said it opened occurrence to region a menace posed by radical who approached its forces successful bluish Gaza.

The attacks travel 4 days aft a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas took effect, preparing the mode for an speech of captives and partial Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

The ceasefire is the archetypal signifier of US President Donald Trump’s connection for ending Israel’s warfare connected Gaza, which has killed astatine slightest 67,913 radical and wounded 170,134 since October 2023, according to Palestinian wellness authorities. The remains of thousands of different radical are estimated to beryllium nether the rubble successful Gaza.

At slightest 1,139 radical were killed successful Israel during the Hamas-led onslaught connected October 7, 2023, and much than 200 others were taken captive.

(Al Jazeera)

Under the presumption of the ceasefire, Hamas and Israel carried retired an speech connected Monday that saw the merchandise of astir 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned successful Israeli jails and 20 Israeli captives held successful the Gaza Strip. Some 154 prisoners were exiled to Egypt.

Hamas was besides owed to instrumentality the remains of 24 dormant captives connected Monday, but the radical lone handed implicit 4 coffins.

Trump’s ceasefire program provided a mechanics if that handover didn’t happen, saying Hamas should stock accusation astir deceased captives and “exert maximum effort” to transportation retired the handover arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Hamas said that it would transportation the remains of 4 much deceased Israeli captives connected Tuesday, and the Israeli subject said that the Red Cross had received the bodies.

The Israeli subject accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire “regarding the merchandise of the bodies of the hostages”.

Trump noted the hold successful handing implicit the remains of the deceased captives successful a station connected his Truth Social platform.

“THE DEAD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED, AS PROMISED! Phase Two begins close NOW!!!” helium wrote.

Hamas has antecedently said recovering the bodies of immoderate captives could instrumentality much clip due to the fact that not each sites wherever they were held are known, and due to the fact that of the immense Israeli demolition of the enclave.

“The header present is, Israel is already starting to enactment threats of restricting assistance going into Gaza for what they accidental is the dilatory enactment by Hamas to get the bodies of the deceased captives backmost to Israel,” Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo said, reporting from the UN.

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UN urges much assistance deliveries

The UN and the International Red Cross called for each crossings into Gaza to beryllium opened to let desperately needed assistance into the enclave. The UN had 190,000 metric tonnes of assistance waiting and acceptable to spell into Gaza, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said connected Tuesday.

UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires, meanwhile, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had 1,370 trucks acceptable to participate Gaza.

“The level of destruction, again, is truthful immense that it volition instrumentality astatine slightest 600 trucks a day, which is the purpose that we have,” helium said. “We’re acold from that.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) besides stressed the request to nonstop much assistance into Gaza.

“We request to standard up the transportation of aesculapian supplies due to the fact that the unit connected hospitals is not going to easiness overnight,” WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic told reporters.

“We request truly to bring arsenic galore supplies arsenic we tin close present to marque definite that those wellness workers who are inactive providing healthcare person what they need.”