In the video: Palestinians looting aid trucks/according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law
Today (Monday), the attorney's office submitted to the High Court a supplementary notice in which the state's efforts to increase the humanitarian aid entering Gaza were described. This, while according to the state's position, "these efforts have so far resulted in a significant increase in the amount of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the fighting and as of the beginning of the week.
" Since the beginning of the war
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22,763 trucks have entered the Strip, of which 14,349 contain food, 1,496 contain water, 3,475 contain equipment for shelters, and 1,634 contain mixed equipment
to the court where she expands on the issue, while the inclusion of the sponsorship indicates the existence of security information that cannot be disclosed to the petitioners on the issue.
Another detail that emerged from the state's response is the existence of a real difficulty in transporting the humanitarian aid shipments, according to which every day Israel inspects over 350 trucks and sometimes even 400 aid trucks approved to enter the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom and Nitsana crossing. Nevertheless, not all the trucks gather at the border crossings and some end up distributing their goods inside the Gaza Strip.
Another difficulty mentioned by the state concerns Hamas taking over the aid. "The terrorist organization Hamas continues to control part of the humanitarian aid that enters the Gaza Strip, for its own purposes, and prevents it from reaching the residents of the Gaza Strip in full," the High Court wrote. "Furthermore, as far as the respondents know, international organizations in the Gaza Strip are required to coordinate their activities with Hamas, who controls the convoy routes and distribution points. This gives the terrorist organization a significant influence on the aid distribution chain."
The state also added that "there are even reports according to which Hamas has threatened groups of Palestinians lest they cooperate with Israel in securing aid convoys - and it has also been reported that it has actually harmed them. Beyond that, during the fighting, there were quite a few looting incidents of the aid trucks, storage facilities and distribution points by the terrorist organizations, criminal gangs or ordinary residents."
Finally, the state updated the court on the number of steps being taken to increase humanitarian aid, including the opening of the Ashdod port to bring goods into Gaza and the extension of operating hours at the Kerem Shalom and Nitsana crossings. Another detail found in the state's response concerns the expansion of Gate 38 between Egypt and Israel, which is not intended for the entry of many trucks In the announcement about this, the state refers to the confidential announcement that was attached to its response.
However, in the "Gisha" organization that petitioned the High Court on the issue, along with the Center for the Protection of the Individual, Doctors for Human Rights, the Association for Civil Rights, and Adalah, were not really impressed by the state's announcement. "The announcement is full of decisions about future actions and plans that have no timetables, no budget has yet been found for them, and are intended to cast sand in the eyes of the court," they said. "Israel is trying to hide the fact that it has actually acted, it continues to evade its responsibility for the situation and its duty to allow the distribution of aid to citizens throughout Gaza, and instead of acting - it points an accusing finger at aid organizations."