Israeli Youth Block Gaza Aid as Blinken Cancels Oversight Visit

Young Israelis, led by Yosef de Bresser and Bnayahu Ben Shabat, are blocking aid and fuel to Gaza at the Kerem Shalom crossing, claiming that humanitarian aid to Gaza helps Hamas and can be used for making bombs. They are determined to keep trucks from getting through, even if it means innocents suffer, and have been camping at the crossing for days. The Israeli military initially allowed the protesters to remain, but eventually assured them that no goods would be allowed to enter as long as they moved back from the border fence. The blockade has caused further suffering in Gaza, where families are eating animal feed to survive and over 93% of the population faces crisis levels of hunger.