COGAT

Israel to reopen Rafah Crossing to civilians, coordinate with Egypt, EU, PA on security

Entrance and exit through the crossing will be allowed only through coordination first with Egypt, Army Radio explained on Wednesday. Egypt will then transfer names to the Shin Bet.

A vehicle carries Egyptian soldiers near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, August 6, 2025
Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

IDF confirms some 70,000 Gazans died in Israel-Hamas war, none from starvation

US and Israeli soldiers seen at the Civil-Military Coordination Center, in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, November 17, 2025

European states see US-led Gaza base as ‘failure,’ consider pullback, diplomats say

 Palestinian workers wait to enter Ma'aleh Adumim, February 23, 2023; illustrative.

Foreign workers replace Palestinian labor in Israel, face hurdles


Israel says working with US to operate Gaza pier as aid trucks rumble into Strip

The IDF, in recent steps to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza civilians, has been working in cooperation with the US to operate the Gaza pier, and has also increased the number of aid trucks.

 Trucks are seen carrying aid and fuel into the Gaza Strip via COGAT and the Israeli Navy, May 26, 2024

How to ensure humanitarian aid gets to the right people in Gaza - analysis

Getting aid right in Gaza will require finding a way to keep Hamas from stealing it and making sure the NGOs are transparent about where it is going.

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

COGAT: Int'l orgs told us too much aid was sent to northern Gaza

According to COGAT, about 100 food aid trucks were sent to northern Gaza on a daily basis over the past few weeks.

 A truck carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip drives at the inspection area at the Kerem Shalom crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, March 14, 2024.

Bringing food and water: Israel ramps up humanitarian aid to northern Gaza

Such steps by the IDF and COGAT include fixing a central water pipe, transferring aid trucks, and assisting in opening bakeries.

 Increased production of pita breads as a result of new bakeries in northern Gaza.

Gallant: We’ll flood Gaza with far more than 500 trucks of aid per day

Gallant said that the increase in aid would come as part of five new initiatives.

 Israeli  minister of Defense Yoav Galant holds a joint press conference with minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich (not seen) in Jerusalem, on December 26, 2023.

Israel and UN disagree over Gaza aid figures

While Israel says the number of trucks entering Gaza has risen sharply in recent days, the UN has given much lower figures.

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

New peak of 419 humanitarian aid trucks enter Gaza

COGAT published photos on Monday showing food markets fully stocked in northern Gaza.

 A Palestinian carries a box of aid distributed before Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip April 8, 2024.

Israel shares photo of aid build-up in Gaza, says UN is not distributing it

The target of Israel's ire was UNRWA, the UN agency that Israel has called on nations to defund.

 A photo shared by Israel's Coordinated Office of Government Activity in the Territories (COGAT), purporting to show humanitarian aid piled up, undistributed, on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing.

UNRWA accuses Israel of cutting off aid convoys to northern Gaza Strip

"The UN must scale up logistics and stop blaming Israel for its own failures," COGAT wrote on X.

 Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024

IDF prepares for humanitarian aid's maritime Gaza arrival

One such instance was a vessel carrying humanitarian aid from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) en route to Gaza, funded by the United Arab Emirates.

 Humanitarian aid entering Gaza. March 14, 2024.