People stroll with sacks of flour delivered after vehicles carrying humanitarian assist entered northern Gaza on July 27, 2025 coming from the Zikim border crossing. | Photo Credit: AFP
U.N. assist companies have been calling for the reopening of the crossing for extra assist to circulation into the devastated northern a part of the enclave, particularly after final month’s Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
The U.N. humanitarian workplace (OCHA) stated that the crossing was shut on September 12 and no assist teams have been capable of import provides since. Israel’s army has not responded to a request for touch upon its causes for the closure.
Some humanitarian assist was allowed into northern Gaza by way of the south, however extra was wanted because the northern Gaza City and surrounding areas have been formally affected by famine, a world starvation monitor had stated a month earlier.
A COGAT assertion stated the crossing opened “in accordance with a directive of the political echelon.”
“The aid will be transferred by the UN and international organisations following thorough security inspections by the Land Crossings Authority of the Ministry of Defence,” it added.
Published – November 12, 2025 02:29 pm IST
