Lawlessness blocks Gaza aid route

United Nations and aid organizations say daily pauses in combat by Israel Defense Forces along a safe corridor to deliver aid into southern Gaza have failed following a breakdown in law and order


Gaza Strip
ISRAEL 
West Bank


Cindy McCain: Head of UN’s World Food Programme says safe corridor has made “no difference at all.
Trucks have been looted, we’ve been shot at and we’ve been rocketed”


Erez crossing 
Opened May 1

Western Erez aid crossing 
Opened May 12

U.S. installed pier for aid arriving by sea from Cyprus

Gaza City
ISRAEL

Gate 96 
Opened Mar 12

Wadi Gaza
Deir al-Balah
GAZA STRIP
Salah al-Din road
Mediterranean Sea
Al Rasheed coastal road
Khan Younis
Rafah
EGYPT
5km 3 miles

Rafah crossing 
Closed since May 7

Kerem Shalom crossing Reopened May 8
Jun 24: IDF approves departure of Palestinians for medical treatment in Egypt

Safe corridor: Pauses in combat from 08:00 until 19:00 local time, on route stretching from Kerem Shalom to Khan Younis

Accessible aid route 
Restricted aid route* 
Israeli military road 
High-risk areas 
Israeli checkpoint

*Co-ordination with IDF required


Sources: Asharq Al-Awsat, Associated Press, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
© GRAPHIC NEWS