(9 May 2024)
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Kerem Shalom, Israel – 9 May 2024
1. Trucks entering Kerem Shalom
2. Sign reading Kerem Shalom crossing
3. Smoke in Rafah seen from Kerem Shalom, zoom out to truck
4. Various of trucks driving
5. Various of Turkish flour bags on truck
6. Various of trucks driving
7. Trucks driving
8. Trucks moving
STORYLINE:
Trucks were seen moving in the Kerem Shalom crossing point on the Israeli side on Thursday.
The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened its Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza after days of closure.
But the U.N. said no humanitarian aid has yet entered and there is no one to receive it on the Palestinian side after workers fled during Israel’s military incursion in the area.
Some of the trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing were carrying bags of Turkish flour.
The Kerem Shalom crossing between Gaza and Israel was closed over the weekend after a Hamas rocket attack killed four Israeli soldiers nearby, and on Tuesday, an Israeli tank brigade seized the nearby Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, forcing its closure.
The two facilities are the main terminals for entry of food, medicine and other supplies essential for the survival of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million Palestinians.
The Israeli foray did not appear to be the start of the full-scale invasion of the city of Rafah that Israel has repeatedly promised.
But aid officials warn that the prolonged closure of the two crossings could cause the collapse of aid operations, worsening the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where the U.N. says a “full-blown famine” is already underway in the north.
AP video by Alon Bernstein
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