The protest against humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip continues: This morning (Sunday) dozens of protesters, residents of Kiryat Arba, arrived at the port of Ashdod, holding Israeli flags, and blocked the passage of trucks from the port out.
One of the protesters who arrived at the scene said: “We are at Ashdod Port, there are trucks arriving and we are standing in the middle of the road, not going anywhere.” Surprisingly, one of the truck drivers, who was blocked, called out to the protesters: “Well done to you, well done, you are the spearhead of the State of Israel.”
The truck driver who encouraged the demonstrators in Ashdod (photo: use according to section 27a)
In recent weeks, demonstrators have begun to protest against the humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip through Israel, as long as there are Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza. Last Thursday, hundreds of people, including family members of abductees, arrived at the port of Ashdod to block the humanitarian aid trucks, and to protest against their transfer. The blockade was even joined by a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism). The initiative is led by the organizations ‘March of the Fighting Mothers’ and ‘Torat Himah’. The protesters succeeded in blocking the entrances and exits and are now preventing the trucks from leaving, after leading the blockades for a week The last one at the Kerem Shalom crossing.
On Wednesday, activists of the Order 9 movement and members of the families of the abductees tried to block the Kerem Shalom crossing for the convoys of supply and aid trucks to Hamas. The police in very large forces with cavalry prevent the passage and allow the trucks to pass.
Police forces on the spot use force. Yael Sabriago, the niece of Lior Rudaif, who was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing: “A black day. How does the State of Israel give fuel to Job?” The police arrested and detained for questioning 18 people who tried to reach the Kerem Shalom crossing in an attempt to block the movement of supply trucks to the Gaza Strip. The protest activists tried to reach the checkpoint on foot after the commander of the Southern Command imposed a closed military area order on the area.