COGAT

Israel to close West Bank, Gaza crossings for October 7 remembrance ceremonies, COGAT says

During the closure, passage through crossings in the West Bank will be permitted only in humanitarian, medical, and other exceptional cases, subject to COGAT approval.

A view shows a sign as trucks carrying aid (not pictured) wait at the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing to southern Gaza, October 20, 2025.
View of the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza, which has been closed since the October 7 massacre, on December 16, 2025.

PM, Defense Minister deny any instruction exists to reopen Erez Border Crossing into Gaza Strip

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid wait at the Kerem Shalom crossing before entering the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, August 12, 2026.

Drugs found in Gaza aid as IDF destroys Hamas weapons in mosques, arrests West Bank terrorists

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid wait at the Kerem Shalom crossing before entering the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, August 12, 2026.

Hamas obstructing aid efforts as Gaza supplies exceed humanitarian needs, COGAT says


Israel opens Zikim crossing to boost humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, COGAT announces

Opened under a government directive, the crossing allows UN‑coordinated aid trucks into Gaza after Defense Ministry inspections.

Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels and supplies from aid trucks near the Zikim border crossing between Israel and Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, August 18, 2025.

Israel says preparations to open Rafah crossing underway with Egypt, date to be announced later

COGAT says Israel and Egypt are preparing to reopen Rafah for people, while limiting aid and citing Hamas’s delay in returning hostage remains as a violation of the ceasefire deal.

Humanitarian aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, October 8,. 2025.

Israel tells UN will only allow half agreed number of aid trucks into Gaza

The restriction will be enacted due to Hamas's failure to return the remains of deceased Israeli hostages within the 72-hour window agreed on by Israel and Hamas.

Palestinians gather to collect aid supplies from trucks that entered Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip October 12, 2025.

COGAT blocks Italian flotilla charity attempt to send to Gaza aid via Jordan

The IDF rejected the aid due to "serious concerns" about its contents and the intentions of the Italian organization.

A demonstrator holds a sign depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a pro-Palestinian protest after Israeli forces intercepted the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, on the day of the two-year anniversary of the deadly Octo

COGAT accuses Hamas of opening fire on UN vehicles, preventing new UN aid route

The UN vehicles were reportedly stolen, and terrorists placed sandbags on the route to prevent new attempts to deliver aid.

ARMED PALESTINIANS ride on trucks carrying humanitarian aid near the Zikim border crossing from Israel into the northern Gaza Strip in June. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the IDF accuse Hamas of blocking deliveries and stealing supplies, the writer notes.

Hamas officials scramble to flee Gaza while forcing civilians to remain in harms way - COGAT

"While Hamas calls the residents of Gaza City NOT to move south, its operatives fear for their own lives and are seeking to leave the Gaza Strip," COGAT wrote.

Smoke rises from an Israeli strike, as displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip September 14, 2025.

Hamas misleads Gaza residents about safe zones, Israel says

The IDF said it would “increase the pace of strikes” in Gaza City, aiming to “target Hamas’ terror infrastructure, disrupt its operational readiness," among other goals.

Israeli flares light the skies above Gaza City on Sept. 10, 2025.

Battle over W. Bank Palestinian work permits heats up after Jerusalem terror attack

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced canceling 750 Palestinian work permits and demolishing homes after the Jerusalem attack, drawing pushback from security chiefs.

 Palestinian workers at an Israeli checkpoint in Tulkarm, West Bank, August 21, 2022.

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The scene of a terror attack at Ramot junction, near the entrance to Jerusalem, September 8, 2025.

In first, former police commissioner to head Israeli unit spearheading Gaza aid

Israel named retired Police Commissioner Yoram Halevy to lead COGAT, the army unit managing humanitarian aid in Gaza and coordination with the Palestinian Authority and global organizations.

Jerusalem police chief Yoram Halevi attends a recognition day for Israeli police at the Israeli parliament on February 05, 2018.