![Trucks carrying aid passing through the Kerem Abu Salim Border Gate reaching to Gaza Strip are moving on the road after the third day of the ceasefire and hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Gaza Strip on January 21, 2025. [Anas Zeyad Fteha - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AA-20250121-36816632-36816613-TRUCKS_CARRYING_AID_PASSED_THROUGH_THE_KEREM_ABU_SALEM_BORDER_GATE_ARRIVES_IN_GAZA_STRIP-e1738238563958-1-1.jpg)
Israeli officers have admitted Friday to spoiling food, water and medical supplies that were packed in more than 1,000 aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing that were left to rot after their distribution into the Gaza Strip was blocked, Anadolu reports. According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, the aid trucks were carrying tens of thousands of humanitarian parcels. They had been left for weeks under the sun at the crossing without being distributed, until they spoiled. The Gaza Ministry of Health announced Friday that the death toll from hunger and malnutrition since October 2023 has reached 122 Palestinians, including 83 children. One Israeli officer told KAN: “We buried everything in the ground, and some of the supplies we […]