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.

AUGUST 25, 2026|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.

AUGUST 7, 2026|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.

JULY 9, 2026|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.

JULY 3, 2026|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Otzma Yehudit and URP activists block the Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza

Police forces arrived at the scene and detained three suspects.

APRIL 1, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Activist of Otzma Yehudit and the URP block the Kerem Shalom crossing

Israel reopens Gaza commercial crossing in sign of easing tensions

An Israeli military spokesman noted that there had been "significantly less violence" during Saturday's protest, which organizers had billed a "million person march," than in past weekly demonstrations.

MARCH 31, 2019ByREUTERS

A Palestinian man rides on a truck carrying fruits as it arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 10, 2018

Gaza’s Kerem Shalom briefly closed after Palestinian drone hovers above

Closure of the crossing comes in the aftermath of Monday’s launch of two incendiary balloons from Gaza into Israel. The balloons exploded in the air and did not cause any damage.

MARCH 6, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, ANNA AHRONHEIM

A member of Palestinian security forces gestures as a fuel tanker arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 15, 2018

Why are Israeli food products so popular in Gaza?

According to the Gaza Economy Ministry, Israeli products account for 65% of all items imported into Gaza.

FEBRUARY 13, 2019ByLAYLA ABD AL-NUR

ON GAZAN supermarket shelves (clockwise from top left): Pudding cups; Tnuva ‘shoko’ (chocolate milk);

Palestinian flag balloon lands in northern Israeli yard

The police are currently investigating the incident.

NOVEMBER 20, 2018ByYVETTE J. DEANE

Police investigate balloon with Palestinian flag attached.

Amid mounting tensions, Hamas urges Abbas to lift Gaza Strip sanctions

The appeal came amid mounting tensions between the two parties, especially after the delivery of Qatari-funded fuel to the only power plant in the Gaza Strip this week.

OCTOBER 11, 2018ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

Palestinian president Abbas stands between PM Haniyeh and senior Fatah leader Dahlan in Gaza

Targeted killings credited with convincing Hamas leaders to negotiate

Israel has threatened to assassinate high-ranking Hamas members if the violence along the Gaza Strip border continues.

AUGUST 27, 2018ByJINITZAIL HERNANDEZ/THE MEDIA LINE

Hamas leaders (top) join hands as they take part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding

A Gaza fuel crisis could shut down essential services, U.N. envoy warns

Among those in danger 4,800 Palestinians in intensive care units. Medical services the rest of the population will be reduced or stopped all together.

AUGUST 20, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF