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Israel Rejects Claims It Is Restricting Gaza Aid, Says Hundreds of Trucks Waiting
(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian - Israel pushed back Tuesday against European criticism of the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Oren Marmorstein said, "Israel is facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and does not impose any restrictions on the quantity of aid entering." He said international organizations had failed "to distribute the aid due to looting by Hamas." According to the Defense Ministry's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), 780 truckloads of aid were awaiting pickup on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza on Tuesday, after just 43 were picked up the previous day by international organizations. On Sunday, UNRWA said it was pausing the delivery of aid through Kerem Shalom because of looting by armed gangs in Gaza.