Hamas Opens Fire on UN Teams, Blocks Opening of New Gaza Aid Route

Jerusalem, 20 September, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The Israeli agency COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories: Judea and Samaria and towards the Gaza Strip) reported that Hamas fired at UN teams and prevented the opening of a new humanitarian route in the southern Gaza Strip.

During UN work to open a new route for the movement of trucks through the Kerem Shalom area into the humanitarian area in the southern Gaza Strip, armed Hamas terrorists threatened and deliberately fired at a UN team operating at the site and forced them out of the work area, said COGAT.

The terrorists took over UN vehicles and used them to place a sand barrier on the route in order to prevent future movement of aid trucks into the humanitarian area.

The new route, which is part of the humanitarian component of Operation Gideon’s Chariots II, was scheduled to be opened in the coming days to increase the number of aid trucks reaching the humanitarian area, including food, medical equipment, tents, and shelter supplies, in line with the population moving south from Gaza City for their protection.

“Hamas is deliberately trying to thwart the adaptation of humanitarian infrastructure in southern Gaza Strip, while directly harming the efforts of international aid organizations and their staff, in order to create a crisis that will exert international pressure on Israel to stop the operation in Gaza City,” said COGAT.