Video: Israeli Settlers Block Aid to Gaza Amid Looming Famine
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A group of Israeli settlers on Friday blocked the road in front of aid trucks heading to starving people in Gaza near the Karem Abu Salem crossing between Gaza and Israel amid warnings of a looming famine following a total blockade.
The scenes show several trucks stopped on the road.
בשעה זו פעילי תנועת צו 9 ובני משפחות חטופים חוסמים את משאיות הסיוע לחמאס סמוך למעבר כרם שלום.
"משאיות הסיוע נחסמות ע"י אזרחים אוהבי העם שבאו לכאן מכל חלקי הארץ ביום ה602 למלחמה בזמן ש58 חטופים נאנקים ולא מקבלים סיוע, זה הולך להגיע לחמאס" pic.twitter.com/FV5uZs2Qfm
— ישראל כהן (@Israelcohen911) May 30, 2025
On Tuesday, the same settler group gathered at the port of Ashdod, about 30 km (18 miles) from the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to block the aid trucks. According to footage published by Israeli media and social media, the settlers stood in front of trucks as they exited the port gates.
The group of settlers, Tzav 9, has repeatedly gathered to block aid trucks from entering Gaza. Former US President Joe Biden imposed sanctions on Tzav 9 last June over attacks on humanitarian aid convoys destined for Gaza.
פעילי ימין הגיעו לנמל אשדוד כדי לחסום משאיות סיוע המיועדות לעזה.
צילום: צו 9 pic.twitter.com/uKxPokPKCz— ישראל היום (@IsraelHayomHeb) May 27, 2025
Reut Ben Haim, chairwoman of Tzav 9, said the renewal of aid to Gaza is a “crime that cannot be ignored.”
According to a survey by Israeli Channel 12, 72% of Israelis oppose sending humanitarian aid to Gaza.
On March 2, Israel announced the closure of Gaza’s main crossings, cutting off food, medical and humanitarian supplies, worsening a humanitarian crisis for 2.3 million Palestinians, according to reports by human rights organisations who have accused it of using starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinains.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report warned that almost a quarter of the civilian population would face catastrophic levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase Five) in the coming months.
Amid mounting international pressure and condemnation, Israel last week partially lifted an 11-week aid blockade on Gaza, permitting a limited amount of humanitarian assistance to enter under a controversial, US-backed plan which has drawn heavy criticism, with the United Nations describing the amount of aid allowed in as ‘a drop in the ocean.”
UN secretary general, António Guterres, said that Israel had only authorised for Gaza what “amounts to a teaspoon of aid when a flood of assistance is required” to ease the crisis.
The limited number of aid trucks allowed into Gaza falls far short of meeting the territory’s vast humanitarian needs and instead serves as a “smokescreen” for Israel to “pretend the siege is over,” according to the medical charity Doctors Without Borders.
