"UN Official Tests Gaza Aid Checks at Kerem Shalom Crossing, Urges Reopening for 200 Trucks Daily"

Efforts to ramp up relief in Gaza are ongoing as a new process for inspecting aid at the Kerem Shalom crossing is being tested. Under the new system, trucks would enter Gaza from Jordan through Kerem Shalom, but permission is still needed for direct entry to alleviate the desperate situation in the enclave. Israel has yet to open Kerem Shalom, but there are indications that it could soon help process humanitarian supplies. The current situation in Gaza is increasingly chaotic, with people grabbing aid and larger numbers of displaced individuals near the border with Egypt. The humanitarian operation is collapsing, as half of the population is starving and the needs are massive.