COGAT

Knesset advances in first reading bill to form Israeli antiquities authority in West Bank

Should the bill pass, it would shift responsibility currently belonging to the Defense Ministry to the Heritage Ministry.

An Israeli flag is raised on the peak of Mount Sartaba in the Jordan Valley, February 23, 2026.
Displaced Palestinians run to fill containers with water amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, November 6, 2025.

COGAT says MSF 'lost moral direction' after NGO's claim that Israel is 'using water as a weapon'

A shepherd leads a herd of goats near the Palestinian village of al-Auja in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, January 11, 2026.

High Court asked to enforce return order in Ras Ein al-Auja case after state misses deadline

VIEW OF a new water line building to transfer water between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Nirim, on the Israeli side of the Border with the Gaza Strip, September 4, 2019.

Gaza receiving over 70,000 cubic meters of water per day, COGAT claims


Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi appoints Elad Goren as new Head of Humanitarian-Civilian effort in Gaza

Lt. Col. Elad Goren was appointed Head of Humanitarian-Civilian Effort in Gaza, facing criticism for not being under Southern Command.

 Elad Goren.

Israel coordinates entry of over a million polio vaccines into Gaza

The operation was conducted in conjunction with COGAT and under the political echelon's directives. 

Trucks containing vials of polio vaccine cross into the Gaza Strip. August 25, 2024.

Gaza’s polio vaccination rate hits 90% with 282,000 vials distributed

In addition to vaccinating the civilian population in Gaza, in late July, the IDF began a broad vaccination operation for all the regular and reserve soldiers in the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian boy receives polio vaccine at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip February 23, 2014.

What can be learned from the famine myth in Gaza - opinion

Since the start of the war, the UN has been releasing reports and updates about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, showing a dire picture of a shortage of humanitarian aid.

 PALESTINIAN FARMER Youssef Abu Rabie works in a field growing seedlings to combat food shortages, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, last month.

Gazans facing nutrition insecurity despite Israel allowing adequate food aid - report

Predicted famine in Gaza would likely be caused by hijacking of aid inside Gaza, and not lack of nutrition in Israeli aid, finds research.

 Humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip is seen at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, May 30, 2024

Israel says working with US to operate Gaza pier as aid trucks rumble into Strip

The IDF, in recent steps to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza civilians, has been working in cooperation with the US to operate the Gaza pier, and has also increased the number of aid trucks.

 Trucks are seen carrying aid and fuel into the Gaza Strip via COGAT and the Israeli Navy, May 26, 2024

How to ensure humanitarian aid gets to the right people in Gaza - analysis

Getting aid right in Gaza will require finding a way to keep Hamas from stealing it and making sure the NGOs are transparent about where it is going.

 TRUCKS CROSS at Kerem Shalom, the main passage point for goods entering the Gaza Strip from Israel.

COGAT: Int'l orgs told us too much aid was sent to northern Gaza

According to COGAT, about 100 food aid trucks were sent to northern Gaza on a daily basis over the past few weeks.

 A truck carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip drives at the inspection area at the Kerem Shalom crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, March 14, 2024.

Bringing food and water: Israel ramps up humanitarian aid to northern Gaza

Such steps by the IDF and COGAT include fixing a central water pipe, transferring aid trucks, and assisting in opening bakeries.

 Increased production of pita breads as a result of new bakeries in northern Gaza.

Gallant: We’ll flood Gaza with far more than 500 trucks of aid per day

Gallant said that the increase in aid would come as part of five new initiatives.

 Israeli  minister of Defense Yoav Galant holds a joint press conference with minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich (not seen) in Jerusalem, on December 26, 2023.