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What is Kerem Shalom?
Kerem Shalom is the main southern goods crossing into Gaza. Hamas has fired rockets at it. When it closes, aid stops until another gate opens.
Kerem Shalom is where the trucks line up. Food, medicine, disputes over dual-use goods and rocket fire, all at one point on the map.
Israeli aid summaries record the rocket fire on the crossing. Some OCHA write-ups leave it out. Israeli sources make the obvious point: a gate closed after a rocket is not a “total blockade.”
The soldiers in the film know this crossing. When the warehouse is under fire, aid becomes a combat problem. They explain how.