Israel to allow first aid shipments via Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza — PM office

JERUSALEM - Israel has approved the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Friday.

The office said in a statement the opening would allow Israel to maintain its commitments to permit the entry of 200 trucks of aid per day, agreed upon in a hostage deal brokered and implemented last month.

The crossing had been closed after an Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and aid was being delivered solely through Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt which, Israel said, could only facilitate the entry of 100 trucks per day. — Reuters