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This is an archive article published on April 17, 2024

Israeli military says food trucks enter Gaza from Ashdod Port for first time

The military added that the trucks underwent security checks at the port and were then admitted into Gaza through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing.

Israeli , Gaza Strip, Ashdod Port, aid shipments,Ali, the grandfather, and Mahmoud, the father of Palestinian boy Zein Oroq, who was wounded after he was hit by aid airdropped on Gaza and later succumbed to his wounds, stand near their house which was hit in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

The Israeli military said on Wednesday food trucks entered the blockaded Gaza Strip from Ashdod Port for the first time since the government approved the opening of the port to aid shipments.

“Eight World Food Program (WFP) trucks of flour entered the Gaza Strip from the Ashdod Port today,” the statement said, adding that the trucks underwent security checks at the port and were then admitted into Gaza through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing.

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