Israel's Gaza blockade paralyzes transport, blocks aid: Euro-Med Monitor

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has issued a stark warning regarding Israel's ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, alleging a deliberate strategy to cripple the territory's transportation and freight systems. According to a report released by the observatory, this policy involves the destruction of trucks, targeting of transport company warehouses, and the killing or arrest of drivers. The blockade also prohibits the import of essential alternatives and spare parts, further exacerbating the situation.

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the entry of trucks into the sector does not mean that their cargoes reach their recipients, due to the destruction or paralysis of the transportation, storage, and distribution system.

Nahed Chuheibar, head of the Private Transport Association in Gaza, testified that the sector, which previously operated with approximately 1,200 trucks, has seen its fleet decimated. Only about 400 trucks survived the bombings, and nearly 100 of those are now inoperable due to the ban on importing spare parts, tires, oils, and batteries. This leaves only around 300 trucks functioning, a mere 25% of the original capacity, and at risk of complete shutdown.

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before the start of the Zionist war, the sector had a fleet of about 1,200 trucks covering the needs of the inhabitants in food, medicine, fuel, fodder, building materials and other essential products.

The Euro-Med Monitor highlighted that the Israeli prohibition on maintenance materials puts the remaining fleet in jeopardy. Workers are reportedly dismantling non-operational trucks to salvage parts for functioning vehicles. The report also details the targeting of drivers, with over 150 trucks destroyed or disabled and more than 20 drivers killed. Fifteen drivers have been arrested, some held for nearly two years, even when operating within convoys coordinated with UN agencies like the World Food Programme and OCHA.

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only about 400 trucks survived the Zionist bombings and destructions, of which nearly 100 broke down due to the prohibition of importing spare parts, tires, oils and batteries.