The Guardian newspaper revealed – today, Wednesday – that the Israeli army and police inform settlers and far-right activists who attack aid trucks heading to the Gaza Strip with accurate information about their location, which enables them to attack them.
The newspaper confirmed – citing witness accounts – that the Israeli soldiers who were charged with protecting aid convoys did not protect drivers or trucks from settler attacks that had been repeated during the recent period.
The newspaper quoted messages it saw between right-wing Israeli activists via the WhatsApp application, saying that they were waiting for information from security personnel about the location of aid convoys in order to coordinate an attack on them.
The occupation army refused to confirm what was published by The Guardian newspaper that soldiers were transmitting information to settlers to attack aid trucks heading to Gaza, claiming that it was investigating the soldiers’ failure to protect the trucks during the settlers’ attack on them.
Over the past few days, video clips have spread showing settlers attacking aid trucks heading to the Gaza Strip, some of which were coming from Jordan, saying that food aid should not be “sent to the enemy,” in reference to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
This week, the United Nations stressed the need for Israel to protect humanitarian aid convoys heading to Gaza from settler violence.
It is noteworthy that the occupation army often protects settlers during their attacks on Palestinians and their villages in the occupied West Bank.
The residents of the Gaza Strip are facing a scarcity of aid, food, medicines and health supplies, especially with the occupation army closing the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings at the beginning of this month.