Dozens protest at Israeli port against aid being sent to Gaza Strip amid war against Hamas

Описание: (1 Feb 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

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Ashdod, Israel - 1 February 2024
1. Wide of protest in front of port, with flag waving protester
2. protesters sitting on street, pan to protesters
3. Sign, reading (Hebrew) "Saying no to hundreds of trucks that pass every day through Kerem Shalom (main goods crossing between Israel and Gaza) and are lengthening the war!"
4. Protesters sitting on street
5. Wide protest
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Shifra Shachar, protester:
"I know that this war is getting longer and longer and endangering our soldiers and sons because of all these trucks that are going into Gaza."
7. Wide of protest
8. Police cordon and vehicle
9. Protesters sitting in front of trucks
10. End shot of protest
STORYLINE:
Dozens of people protested near a main Israeli seaport on Thursday in opposition to humanitarian aid being sent into the Gaza Strip during the war.

The protesters sat in front of the Ashdod port's entrance and asked trucks where their goods were destined.

It was not clear if they managed to block any trucks, nor is it clear if any aid destined for Gaza comes in through Ashdod, although the United Nations has asked Israel to allow aid to come in through the port.

Israel imposed a siege on Gaza in the first days of the war barring the entry of aid.

While it relented under U.S. pressure, the amount of aid has been fraction of what went into the territory before the war.

Israel's war in Gaza has triggered a humanitarian catastrophe.

Last month, the heads of three major U.N. agencies warned that Gaza urgently needs more aid or its population will suffer widespread famine and disease.

The U.N. has said it has been struggling to deliver aid to the north amid Israeli restrictions and continued fighting.

Several hundred thousand people are believed to remain in the north after most of the population fled south. U.N. officials say a quarter of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million are facing starvation.

AP video by Ami Bentov

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