Israel and the United Nations signaled on Thursday that the Kerem Shalom crossing in Israel could soon be opened to allow more humanitarian supplies into Gaza, where the Israel-Hamas war has left people desperately short of basic needs.
In Israel, Colonel Elad Goren, head of the civil department at COGAT, the Israeli agency for civilian co-ordination with the Palestinians, told reporters: “We will open Kerem Shalom just for inspection. It will happen in the next few days.”
In Geneva, United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths told reporters that negotiations were under way. “There are promising signs now that that may be able
