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Israel Organized Aid Convoy with Local Palestinian Businessmen


(New York Times) Aaron Boxerman - The Gaza aid convoy that ended in bloodshed last week was organized by Israel itself as part of a new partnership with local Palestinian businessmen. Israel has been involved in at least four such aid convoys to northern Gaza in the past week to fill a void in assistance to northern Gaza. Israeli officials reached out to multiple Gazan businessmen and asked them to help organize private aid convoys to the north, two of the businessmen said. Izzat Aqel, a Gazan businessman who helped coordinate trucks in Thursday's convoy, said an Israeli military officer had asked him about 10 days earlier to organize aid trucks to northern Gaza with as much food and water as possible.
2024-03-03 00:00:00
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