{"id":25351,"date":"2025-10-15T02:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=25351"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:18:59","slug":"israel-imposes-new-gaza-aid-restrictions-keeps-rafah-crossing-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=25351","title":{"rendered":"Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions, keeps Rafah crossing closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-14T133052Z_1740157120_RC2NBHAZZDYF_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-1760466636.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trucks carry aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza [Ramadan Abed\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel has imposed new restrictions on aid entering the besieged Gaza Strip and will not open the Rafah crossing as planned, while Israeli forces killed at least nine people in the Palestinian territory as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire came under growing strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel notified the United Nations on Tuesday that it will only allow&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aje.io\/hkwdmc?update=4035616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">300 aid trucks \u2013 half of the number it originally agreed to<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 daily into the Gaza Strip from Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>list of 4 items<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>list 1 of 4<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/2025\/10\/14\/how-will-donald-trump-enforce-his-plan-for-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How will Donald Trump enforce his plan for Gaza?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>list 2 of 4<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2025\/10\/14\/palestinians-see-new-nakba-in-west-bank-villages-as-demolitions-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinians see \u2018new Nakba\u2019 in West Bank villages as demolitions return<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>list 3 of 4<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/10\/14\/israel-confirms-transfer-of-4-more-bodies-from-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel confirms transfer of 4 more bodies from Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>list 4 of 4<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/14\/south-africa-says-icj-genocide-case-will-continue-despite-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>end of list<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olga Cherevko, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Gaza, confirmed the UN had received the note from the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the arm of the Israeli military that oversees aid flows into Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The COGAT note said no fuel or gas will be allowed into the war-torn enclave except for specific needs related to humanitarian infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud noted that allowing 300 trucks of aid each day was \u201cnot nearly enough\u201d for famine-stricken Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThree hundred is not enough. It\u2019s not going to change anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli authorities also announced the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restrictions came hours after Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians in attacks in northern and southern Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least six Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza City, and three others were killed in Khan Younis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources from al-Ahli Arab Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic on Tuesday that Israeli soldiers killed five Palestinians in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advertisement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israeli military said it opened fire to remove a threat posed by people who approached its forces in northern Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to come back to this article?&nbsp;<strong>Save it<\/strong>&nbsp;for later.Save<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attacks come four days after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect, preparing the way for an exchange of captives and partial Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceasefire is the first phase of US President Donald Trump\u2019s proposal for ending&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/tag\/israel-palestine-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel\u2019s war on Gaza<\/a>, which has killed at least 67,913 people and wounded 170,134 since October 2023, according to Palestinian health authorities. The remains of thousands of other people are estimated to be under the rubble in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 others were taken captive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_2887562\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Interactive_Rafah_crossing_enter_exit_final-1715171357.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C770&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Interactive_Rafah_crossing_enter_exit_May8\" class=\"wp-image-2887562\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Al Jazeera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the terms of the ceasefire,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/13\/hamas-and-israel-begin-prisoner-exchange-before-gaza-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas and Israel carried<\/a>&nbsp;out an exchange on Monday that saw the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails and 20 Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip. Some 154 prisoners were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/13\/inhumane-154-freed-palestinian-prisoners-forced-into-exile-by-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exiled<\/a>&nbsp;to Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamas was also due to return the remains of 28 dead captives on Monday, but the group only handed over four coffins initially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamas said that it would transfer the remains of four more deceased Israeli captives on Tuesday, and the Israeli military said that the Red Cross had received those bodies. The military later said the bodies had arrived in Israel, where they would undergo forensic tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israeli military earlier accused Hamas of violating the ceasefire \u201cregarding the release of the bodies of the hostages\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump noted the delay in handing over the remains of all deceased captives in a post on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTHE DEAD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED, AS PROMISED! Phase Two begins right NOW!!!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamas has previously said recovering the bodies of some captives could take more time because not all sites where they were held are known, and because of the vast Israeli destruction of the enclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe headline here is, Israel is already starting to put threats of restricting aid going into Gaza for what they say is the slow work by Hamas to get the bodies of the deceased captives back to Israel,\u201d Al Jazeera\u2019s Gabriel Elizondo said, reporting from the UN\u2019s headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7559357307470056759?lang=en-US&#038;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2F2025%2F10%2F14%2Fisrael-imposes-new-gaza-aid-restrictions-keeps-rafah-crossing-closed&#038;embedFrom=oembed<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"un-urges-more-aid-deliveries\">UN urges more aid deliveries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN and the International Red Cross called for all crossings into Gaza to be opened to allow desperately needed aid into the enclave. The UN had 190,000 metric tonnes of aid waiting and ready to go into Gaza, OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advertisement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNICEF spokesman Ricardo Pires, meanwhile, said the UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) had 1,370 trucks ready to enter Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe level of destruction, again, is so huge that it will take at least 600 trucks a day, which is the aim that we have,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re far from that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) also stressed the need to send more aid into Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need to scale up the delivery of medical supplies because the pressure on hospitals is not going to ease overnight,\u201d WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe need really to bring as many supplies as we can right now to make sure that those health workers who are still providing healthcare have what they need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/14\/israel-imposes-new-gaza-aid-restrictions-keeps-rafah-crossing-closed; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain. 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