is in Gaza Strip.
is in Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces have destroyed trucks and warehouses, targeted and detained drivers, and blocked the entry of trucks, spare parts, and essential maintenance materials in #Gaza.
Even when trucks are allowed through the crossings, their cargo may never reach those in need. Gaza’s transportation, storage, and distribution infrastructure has been systematically damaged or destroyed.
The shortage of spare parts has become so severe that workers are dismantling broken-down trucks to salvage parts and keep others running.
The cost of changing a truck’s oil has soared from around 450 shekels ($150) before the genocide to nearly 100,000 shekels ($33,000) today. One kilogram of engine oil, when available, can cost nearly $1,100.
And the drivers keeping this lifeline moving are themselves subjected to abuse.
Israeli forces repeatedly stop aid and goods truck drivers at military checkpoints and inside the Kerem Shalom crossing, forcing them to strip, beating them, and humiliating them, even after they have received prior security approval to work and access these areas.
This is more than a blockade of goods. It is the disruption of an entire lifeline, from the crossing to the hands of Gaza’s population.