Conflict & Security
Fee dispute halts commercial truck entry into Gaza from Israel
October 15, 2026 at 07:01 PM · Updated 23h ago
Coverage
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 9 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
Israel halts commercial goods from entering Gaza; Hamas denies tax claims
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SNSky News Arabia
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(opens the publisher’s site)Commercial goods trucks from Israel stopped entering Gaza on Thursday amid an Israeli-Hamas dispute over fees Israel says Hamas charges traders.
- Israel's COGAT unit said Wednesday that Gaza traders halted coordination over commercial goods entry, protesting 10,000-shekel-per-truck fees and a 30 percent cash-sales demand.
- Hamas said the payments are voluntary donations by wealthy Gazans to a fund supporting widows and orphans, citing a severe liquidity shortage.
- Transport association head Nahed Shuhaybar confirmed no commercial trucks from Israel entered Thursday, while humanitarian aid and Egyptian commercial trucks continued.
- Nikolai Mladenov said he received an Israeli notification suspending coordination over private-sector goods and said Hamas's coercive practices against traders are "completely rejected."
- The halt entered its second day Friday, cutting off food and other critical goods for Gaza's 2.1 million residents.
- Gaza's government media office and the head of the private truckers union accused Israel of fabricating a pretext to restrict supplies.