Activists block humanitarian aid convoys to Gaza, slash truck tires
Friends of hostage Rom Braslavski and other Israeli activists blocked humanitarian aid heading for Gaza.
Activists, including friends of Gaza hostage Rom Braslavski, blocked aid from entering the Gaza Strip while, in a separate incident, aid trucks coming from Jordan had their tires slashed on Sunday night, Israeli media reports.
One of the activists, who, like Braslavski, served as a security officer at the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, referred to the footage of Braslavski published by Palestinian Islamic Jihad over the weekend.
“Rom should have been back with me in the car after the party; he’s starving in captivity while food aid is being transferred. Full assistance is provided to those in need. We will not let this happen, we are fighting against it,” he said.
Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer joined protests, physically blocked aid trucks at the Allenby crossing with Jordan to protest the continued transfer of supplies to Gaza. Kreuzer called the aid policy “lawlessness,” accusing the government of giving Hamas “oxygen and fuel” while Israeli hostages remain in dire conditions.
“It is unthinkable that we are sending aid, food, and medicine to Hamas, while our hostages are not receiving a single medicine,” Kreuzer said. Claiming the aid is misappropriated by Hamas, Kreuzer vowed to continue his struggle “until all the hostages return home and the aid no longer reaches Hamas.”
A WOMAN uses a megaphone as people protest against the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and demand the immediate release of hostages, at the Nitzana border crossing in February. (credit: DYLAN MARTINEZ/REUTERS)
Activists reportedly slashed the tires of two humanitarian aid trucks leaving Jordan for Gaza at the Allenby Bridge.
The trucks were forced to turn back and return to Jordan.
Over the course of the war, right-wing activist groups, such as Tzav 9, have protested the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza on many occasions, referring to the convoys as “death trucks.”
Previous instances of aid blocking
Members of the group have previously gathered at the Ashdod Port, as well as the Kerem Shalom crossing, alongside families and friends of the hostages, to block the humanitarian aid convoys.
“Supplies that reach Gaza only strengthen Hamas,” Tzav 9 states on their website, “Giving it breathing room and the ability to continue harming us and holding the hostages. In service to the people, we arrive at the border crossings to stop the trucks.”
“For the soldiers, and for the release of the hostages.”
TPS-IL contributed to this report.
