Kerem Shalom
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Sep 20, 2026
Emanuel FabianGUEST
Everything closes down, the airport closes, all the crossings closed.
Emanuel FabianGUEST
Today the only crossing that really needs to close is Kerem Shalom which is used for aid into Gaza.
Emanuel FabianGUEST
The West Bank crossings anyway aren't being used for Palestinians apart from some exceptional circumstances.
Emanuel FabianGUEST
So in terms of bolstering troops, the army has deployed additional companies of ground forces to the various commands to the northern, southern and central commands for the event of any sort of escalation.
Laser BermanHOST
There's some similarities to the Operation Protective Edge in 2014, in which the leadership and maybe the army itself didn't really expect Hamas to be looking for a fight.
Laser BermanHOST
And then there was an attempted invasion of Kerem Shalom during that fight.
Laser BermanHOST
And I think Israel was surprised by how much offensive capability Hamas had, tunnels, things like that, and had to very quickly come up with a plan.
Laser BermanHOST
Were there things that you saw back then that you saw in the lead up to October 7th? And what did you develop as the IDF chief of staff after that that was supposed to address the problems of Hamas's offensive dreams?
Benny GantzGUEST
and they didn't take us by surprise.
Benny GantzGUEST
We knew of the offensive tunnels they had, 32 of them if I remember correctly.
Benny GantzGUEST
The issue of Kerem Shalom was a minor tactical issue that they were trying to use this tunnel in order to penetrate Israel, and we blocked that one, and they succeeded to use three others in three different events on the border itself and not attacking the villages or Kibbutzim or Sderot or other places.
Benny GantzGUEST
And when we moved in, we decided to chop the offensive tunnels only.
Lazar BermanHOST
There's some similarities to the Operation Protective Edge in 2014, in which the leadership and maybe the army itself didn't really expect Hamas to be looking for a fight.
Lazar BermanHOST
And then there was an attempted invasion of Kerem Shalom during that fight.
Lazar BermanHOST
And I think Israel was surprised by how much offensive capability Hamas had, tunnels, things like that, and had to very quickly come up with a plan.
Lazar BermanHOST
Were there things that you saw back then that you saw in the lead up to October 7th? And what did you develop as the IDF chief of staff after that that was supposed to address the problems of Hamas's offensive dreams?
Benny GantzGUEST
and they didn't take us by surprise.
Benny GantzGUEST
We knew of the offensive tunnels they had, 32 of them if I remember correctly.
Benny GantzGUEST
The issue of Kerem Shalom was a minor tactical issue, that they were trying to use this tunnel in order to penetrate Israel, and we blocked that one, and they succeeded to use three others in three different events on the border itself and not attacking the villages or Kibbutzim or Sderot or other places.
Benny GantzGUEST
And when we moved in, we decided to chop the offensive tunnels only.
Akbar Shahid AhmedGUEST
And it doesn't require them... abandoning Israel, overhauling their entire policy, right? The dramatic claim would often be, this is our ally, they've been attacked, there are Israeli hostages.
Akbar Shahid AhmedGUEST
But within that, to say, pressure the Israelis to allow the free flow of far more humanitarian officials, to force the opening of all the land crossings, rather than just having only Rafah and then only Rafah and Kerem Shalom.
Akbar Shahid AhmedGUEST
American officials, again and again, because of careerist instincts, didn't want to rock the boat with Israel or each other.
Ahmed AlnaouqHOST
What does it drive this policy? Is it mismanagement or ideology? What is it actually?
Daniel JohnsonHOST
Children were among the dead, Mr Wensland said, while in a related development, the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Monday that a large convoy of humanitarian aid was looted inside Gaza at the weekend.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
Out of 109 trucks in the convoy which entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom in the south of the enclave, 97 were lost and drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
With more, here's Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, speaking in Geneva.
Philippe LazzariniSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I confirm indeed that they have been looting.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
After a weekend of continuing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip and especially in the north, UN humanitarians warned on Monday that the DAAD situation is only getting worse.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
UNRWA, the largest UN aid agency in Gaza, reported no improvements at Kerem Shalom, the main crossing point for life-saving food, fuel and medicine.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
One of our biggest concerns now is people not having enough to eat, the agency said, adding that aid entering the enclave is at its lowest level in months, with commercial goods barely trickling in.
Daniel JohnsonHOST
The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees said that it continues to receive desperate pleas from colleagues in North Gaza, where people remain trapped under rubble and first responders, including the UN, are blocked from reaching them.