Kerem Shalom border crossing

‘Only the IDF can protect us’: Gaza border residents protest deployment of BoP's Gaza force

Residents who lived through October 7 protested the International Stabilization Force (ISF)’s planned entry into Gaza, citing fears of renewed Hamas attacks.

|ByRAMI SHANI, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Activists from Gaza border communities demonstrate near Amitai Camp adjacent to the Kerem Shalom Crossing, blocking the road to ISF trucks in protest of their presence in the Gaza Strip. August 25, 2026.
TRUCKS CROSS at Kerem Shalom, the main passage point for goods entering the Gaza Strip from Israel.

Nukhba terrorist who participated in Oct. 7 arrested while driving humanitarian aid truck

According to the reports, security forces stated that the terrorist had been collecting aid from the private sector, meaning that a private vendor had purchased it.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMIR BOHBOT
Pineapple filled with cigarettes intended to be smuggled across the border into Gaza.

Pineapples stuffed with thousands of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by IDF at Gaza crossing

The cigarette-filled pineapples were transported in a truck carrying a shipment purchased by an Israeli company, intended to reach the Kerem Shalom Crossing as part of humanitarian aid.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog at a Kibbutz Kerem Shalom event marking 1,000 days since the October 7 attacks, July 2, 2026.

Herzog, first lady, visit Kibbutz Kerem Shalom on day 1,000 since October 7 massacre

"We will continue to plant, to build, to nurture life, and to choose hope. And so our answer is one and the same: to keep planting, building, nurturing life, and choosing hope,” Herzog said.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Israel did not notify U.S. of Kerem Shalom closure

"We hope that Hamas ceases its violent and destructive acts so that the crossing may reopen," the official said, suggesting support for the Israeli move.

JULY 11, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER
Palestinians walk past trucks loaded with gravel at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip December 30, 2012.

Analysis: Why close the Kerem Shalom Gaza border crossing now?

Perhaps Israel thought, in vain, that its warnings and threats against Hamas would do the trick?

JULY 10, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Palestinians walk past trucks loaded with gravel at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip December 30, 2012.

Netanyahu promises heavy hand against Hamas, closes Kerem Shalom Crossing

An estimated 28,000 dunams have been burnt in southern Israel since March 30th.

JULY 9, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM, GIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

15 fires in Gaza border communities, IDF strikes targets in Gaza in response

The Israel Air Force attacked two Hamas observation points in retaliation for explosive rigged balloons over the weekend as fires continued to rage across southern Israel.

JUNE 16, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A field set on fire by Palestinian terrorists using balloons with burning materials attached to them

Kerem Shalom Crossing to be closed in light of riots

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman made the decision to close the border crossing after it sustained extensive damage during the protests in Gaza.

MAY 12, 2018ByCHAYA EISENBERG
Kerem Shalom crossing burning on the Palestinian side after Friday protests

Israel intercepts smuggled IDF uniforms and mercury at Gaza border

Security forces intercepted two smuggling attempts at the Kerem Shalom border crossing this week.

MARCH 13, 2018ByCHAYA EISENBERG
Confiscated uniforms at Kerem Shalom Border Crossing

Israel foils smuggling of explosive materials to Gaza in medical crates

Israeli authorities regular foil smuggling attempts at crossings into Hamas-run Gaza Strip

FEBRUARY 4, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Explosive materials discovered inside crates of medical supplies at the Kerem Shalom Crossing into the Gaza Strip

Israel seizes largest ever shipment of military clothes headed to Gaza

Consignment that originated in China included thousands of articles of camouflauge coats, boots and combat vests.

JANUARY 15, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Military-style clothes detected by Israeli custom officials en-route to Gaza

IDF confirms destroying Hamas tunnel stretching into Israel, Egypt

Tunnel believed to be aimed for use in attack on Kerem Shalom border crossing

JANUARY 14, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Image of the Hamas terror tunnel destroyed by the IAF

Israel thwarts attempt to smuggle tons of explosive material into Gaza

A new Israeli laboratory enables the identification of substances which could benefit terror groups in the Gaza Strip.

NOVEMBER 22, 2017ByEYTAN HALON
Palestinians walk past trucks loaded with gravel at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip December 30, 2012.