The Government Media Office has warned against the Israeli occupation’s policy of reducing the entry of trucks and fuel, emphasizing that these actions are deepening the choking blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.
A weekly report tracking the movement of commercial crossings and entry points in the Gaza Strip from May 15 to May 21 reveals severe limitations and reductions in the number of incoming trucks, as well as travel through the Rafah border crossing.
Restricted Passenger Traffic
According to the details, the Rafah land crossing saw highly restricted passenger traffic. Total departures and arrivals reached just 403 individuals—comprising 249 passengers leaving the Strip and 154 returning—out of 1,400 expected travelers who should have been permitted transit under the announced agreement. This represents a compliance rate of just 28%.
The report noted that these figures reflect ongoing, stringent restrictions on civilian movement as part of a policy that severely limits freedom of travel for Gaza’s residents.
Plunging Aid Deliveries
Regarding cargo movement through commercial crossings, only 1,287 trucks entered the Gaza Strip out of the 4,200 scheduled for entry during the same period—a compliance rate of just 30%.
The incoming trucks were divided into:
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559 commercial trucks
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693 humanitarian aid trucks
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35 fuel trucks
The fuel shipments included 7 commercial cooking gas trucks and 28 diesel trucks allocated for institutional use, arriving amidst an ongoing, severe fuel and energy crisis within the Strip.
Declining Post-Ceasefire Figures
In a previous statement, Ismail Al-Thawabta, Director of the Government Media Office, stated that documented figures clearly expose the massive decline in aid trucks. He pointed out that the occupation has allowed only 48,636 trucks to enter out of the 131,400 that were supposed to pass through since the ceasefire took effect.
Al-Thawabta explained that the compliance rate stands at just 37%, meaning that over 63% of basic humanitarian needs have been blocked from entering since the ceasefire went into effect in October 2025.
“Engineering Starvation”
In a related context, Tayseer Muhaisen, Chairman of the Alliance of Civil Society Organizations in Gaza, stressed that “drip-feeding” food and relief aid into the Gaza Strip and slashing the number of permitted trucks is a “practical implementation of the engineering of starvation” practiced by the Israeli occupation in the region.
The occupation also continues to obstruct the entry of raw materials needed by international relief organizations, most notably the World Food Programme (WFP).
In statements, Muhaisen, who also serves as an advisor to the Media Office in Gaza, noted that this obstruction has forced a massive reduction in daily meals provided to residents—dropping from one million meals a day to just nearly 200,000—due to the ban on essential supplies required to keep kitchens and relief centers operational.
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