Dozens of activists from the “Tzav 9” (Order 9) and “Reservists for the Victory Generation” movements gathered Tuesday morning at the Port of Ashdod, physically blocking humanitarian aid trucks destined for Gaza. The protest halted dozens of trucks that had been loaded with supplies from UNRWA containers at the port. Protest organizers said they would continue their actions at the Kerem Shalom crossing as well.<\/p>\n
We Will Block This Horror With Our Bodies<\/strong> No Aid Until the Hostages Come Home<\/strong> The organizers claim that hundreds of trucks have passed through Ashdod in recent days, delivering aid \u201cdirectly into Hamas\u2019s hands\u201d without any precondition of hostage release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Activists from \u201cTzav 9\u201d and \u201cReservists for Victory\u201d demand hostage release before any more aid crosses into Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":24581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2241,8,6],"tags":[3177,1476,5468,1477,1705,6093,6092],"class_list":["post-24580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-israel-advocacy","category-politics","category-security","tag-ashdod-port","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-humanitarian-aid","tag-hamas","tag-israeli-hostages","tag-reservists-for-the-victory-generation","tag-tzav-9"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nRuth Ben Haim, chair of Tzav 9, declared: \u201cSending aid trucks to Hamas while our hostages are still in tunnels is a crime. We\u2019ve passed 600 days since the kidnapping, and we’re still strengthening the enemy who holds them. We will block this horror with our bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nReserve Captain Omer Waldman, a leader of Reservists for Victory, added: \u201cThis is not humanitarianism \u2014 it\u2019s national suicide. Every truck prolongs the war. Until the hostages are home, there will be no aid. We will be here every week with hundreds of reservists.\u201d<\/p>\n