Israel halts commercial goods from entering Gaza; Hamas denies tax claims

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COGAT, or the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the Israeli military body that “oversees humanitarian affairs” in Gaza, announced the halt on Wednesday.

Esta decisão deve impactar uma fonte crucial de alimentos e mercadorias para os 2,1 milhões de pessoas na Faixa, que dependem completamente das travessias de fronteira de Israel em um território que ainda sofre com a fome.

Gaza’s government media office refuted the claims on Thursday and condemned the “blatant disinformation campaign and false statement”.

The media office instead said it was an attempt “to hold the government apparatus in Gaza responsible for the disruption of truck entry” and that the fee was a voluntary payment to a fund providing aid for those in need, such as widows and orphans.

It also said that cash payments were encouraged due to what it described as an acute cash shortage in the war-torn territory, but were never a mandatory requirement.

An already dire humanitarian crisis.

A paralisação das remessas comerciais, incluindo frutas e roupas de inverno, corta uma fonte chave de alimentos e outros suprimentos críticos, enquanto os temores aumentam diante do inverno que se aproxima.

Aid groups generally bring in staples such as flour, while merchants import more perishable foods like fruits and meat, according to data released earlier this year by COGAT.

The suspension is raising fears about affordability, with humanitarian workers saying a combination of aid and a robust commercial market is needed to keep prices under control.

The head of Gaza’s private truckers union, Nahed Sheheiber, denied the Israeli narrative, saying: “The Israeli coordinator is claiming that Gaza’s merchants are responsible, but the truth is that the Israelis are the ones who imposed the restrictions.”.

Following COGAT’s announcement, Sheheiber’s union met with Gaza’s Ministry of Economy to express concern and say Israel was citing fees levied by the ministry as a pretext to cut off commercial goods.

Um monitor global de fome, em julho, alertou que mais de dois terços da população de Gaza poderia enfrentar fome aguda até o final do ano.

Israel está obrigado, sob um acordo mediado pelos EUA, a permitir que no mínimo 600 caminhões com ajuda humanitária entrem em Gaza a cada dia.

Diplomats say that far fewer than 600 trucks normally enter Gaza each day. Sheheiber said the figure was closer to 300, with two-thirds carrying commercial goods.

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