Kerem Shalom border crossing

‘Only the IDF can protect us’: Gaza border residents protest deployment of BoP's Gaza force

Residents who lived through October 7 protested the International Stabilization Force (ISF)’s planned entry into Gaza, citing fears of renewed Hamas attacks.

|ByRAMI SHANI, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Activists from Gaza border communities demonstrate near Amitai Camp adjacent to the Kerem Shalom Crossing, blocking the road to ISF trucks in protest of their presence in the Gaza Strip. August 25, 2026.
TRUCKS CROSS at Kerem Shalom, the main passage point for goods entering the Gaza Strip from Israel.

Nukhba terrorist who participated in Oct. 7 arrested while driving humanitarian aid truck

According to the reports, security forces stated that the terrorist had been collecting aid from the private sector, meaning that a private vendor had purchased it.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMIR BOHBOT
Pineapple filled with cigarettes intended to be smuggled across the border into Gaza.

Pineapples stuffed with thousands of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by IDF at Gaza crossing

The cigarette-filled pineapples were transported in a truck carrying a shipment purchased by an Israeli company, intended to reach the Kerem Shalom Crossing as part of humanitarian aid.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog at a Kibbutz Kerem Shalom event marking 1,000 days since the October 7 attacks, July 2, 2026.

Herzog, first lady, visit Kibbutz Kerem Shalom on day 1,000 since October 7 massacre

"We will continue to plant, to build, to nurture life, and to choose hope. And so our answer is one and the same: to keep planting, building, nurturing life, and choosing hope,” Herzog said.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Ben-Gvir takes shots at IDF chief in Israeli cabinet meeting

Ben-Gvir took aim at the military chief for the IDF's cooperation with Israel Police in foiling daily protests against the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

FEBRUARY 11, 2024ByANNA BARSKY, TAL SPUNGIN
(L-R) IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

'No aid will pass': Protesters block trucks to Gaza at Kerem Shalom crossing

The protests continue as Israel explores new ways to provide humanitarian aid to Hamas instead of through UNRWA.

FEBRUARY 9, 2024ByMAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
People camp as they protest against the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and to demand the immediate release of hostages kidnapped during the October 7 massacre by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, at the Kerem Shalom crossing, Israel, February 7, 2024.

Protesters blocking delivery of Gaza aid plan march to Jerusalem

Among the organizers of the protests is the Tikvah Forum, a group composed of families of Israeli hostages who favor a more hardline response to Hamas.

FEBRUARY 3, 2024ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Israeli security forces guard while people protest against aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, January 29, 2024.

Israeli kids crawl under Gaza border fence, returned by IDF troops

The IDF released a statement on the incident, stressing that physical proximity to the border area is "dangerous and forbidden."

JANUARY 26, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Military vehicles maneuver next to a fence, as seen from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, November 5, 2023.

Israeli families of hostages, troops block aid convoys at Gaza border

If Israel halts aid to Gaza, nations mediating between Israel and Hamas would increase pressure on the terrorist organization, former National Security Council chief Giora Eiland argued.

JANUARY 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of Mothers of IDF Soldiers protest at the Kerem Shalom crossing, at the Gaza border, January 24, 2024

Hananya Naftali: Dear pro-Israel activists – this one is for you

'As an Israeli, when I tell the story of Israel, it’s not out of hate for Palestinians but rather love for my country'.

JANUARY 16, 2024ByHANANYA NAFTALI
Israeli influencer and human rights activist Hananya Naftali in his recent visit to Kiryat Shemona

Israel-Hamas War: Chaos as Gazans mob aid truck from Rafah crossing

Hundreds of people were seen running towards the trucks as they crossed into Gaza from Egypt, and several videos showed Gazans climbing up and throwing aid to those on the ground.

DECEMBER 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
A general view of the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side with a truck carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, November 12, 2023.

Israel to open its Kerem Shalom crossing for Gaza aid

Israel has closed its commercial and pedestrian crossings into Gaza, forcing humanitarian assistance to travel into the enclave through Egypt’s Rafah crossing.

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Trucks seen at the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 10, 2023

Israel testing new inspecting process at Gaza crossing, UN says

Until now, limited quantities of aid have been delivered from Egypt through the Rafah crossing, which is ill-equipped to process large numbers of trucks.

DECEMBER 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Palestinian workers wait outside Kerem Shalom crossing after a ceasefire was agreed between Palestinian factions and Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip May 14, 2023.

Israel agrees to open Kerem Shalom crossing for screening and inspection -US official

The Kerem Shalom crossing was used to carry more than 60% of the truckloads going into Gaza before war erupted on Oct. 7.

DECEMBER 8, 2023ByREUTERS
TRUCKS CROSS at Kerem Shalom, the main passage point for goods entering the Gaza Strip from Israel.