Hamas Threats Halt Private Gaza Supply Shipments
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Private companies are stopping all goods deliveries to Gaza indefinitely due to threats and extortion demands from Hamas, including a $2,500 fee per truck and a 30% cash-only sales requirement. Hamas militants detained a merchant's son who refused these terms. This halt could impact a ceasefire agreement allowing 600 trucks daily, though UN and international aid shipments will continue.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Private companies halted Gaza supply shipments due to Hamas threats and demands for $2,500 per truck.
- Hamas also demands 30% of goods be sold for cash, according to Channel 13.
- Militants detained a merchant's son who refused to meet Hamas's demands.
- Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities warned private companies supply half of Gaza's goods.
- The halt could jeopardize a ceasefire agreement allowing 600 trucks daily.
- UN and international organizations will continue humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.
Private trading companies have announced an indefinite halt to supplying goods to the Gaza Strip due to threats from Hamas and demands for a $2,500 "tax" per truck. The journalist Or Heller reported on Channel 13's website on October 14 that Hamas is also requiring approximately 30% of goods to be sold for cash. The report indicated that militants detained the son of a merchant who refused to comply with these demands.
Major General Yoram Halevi, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, warned international representatives that private companies supply about half of all goods entering Gaza. The cessation of these private shipments could jeopardize a ceasefire agreement that allows for 600 trucks daily. However, humanitarian aid deliveries through the UN and other international organizations are expected to continue. Israel estimates that approximately 250 trucks can enter Gaza daily via these channels.
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