(26 May 2024)
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Kerem Shalom, Israel – 26 May 2024
1. Aid trucks arriving from Egypt entering Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel for inspection
2. Various of aid truck entering Kerem Shalom crossing
3. Sign, reading (English, Arabic, Hebrew) “welcome to Kerem Shalom crossing point”
4. Various shots of aid trucks
STORYLINE:
Aid trucks have begun entering Gaza from southern Israel on Sunday through a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month.
Egypt refuses to reopen its side of the Rafah crossing until control of the Gaza side is handed back to Palestinians.
But under U.S. and Israeli pressure it agreed to divert traffic through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing, Gaza’s main cargo terminal.
That crossing has been largely inaccessible because of fighting linked to Israel’s offensive in Rafah.
Israel says it has allowed hundreds of trucks to enter, but United Nations agencies say it is usually too dangerous to retrieve the aid on the other side.
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, now in its eighth month, has killed over 35,800 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters in its count.
Around 80% of the population’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes, severe hunger is widespread and U.N. officials say parts of the territory are experiencing famine.
Hamas triggered the war with its Oct. 7 attack into Israel, in which Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and seized some 250 hostages.
Hamas is still holding some 100 hostages and the remains of around 30 others after most of the rest were released during a cease-fire last year.
AP video shot by Alon Bernstein
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