At least two people were arrested Wednesday after dozens of right-wing activists attempted to block humanitarian aid trucks from reaching Gaza by obstructing the road leading to the Kerem Shalom crossing at the southern end of the Strip.

The effort to block the aid trucks was led by two right-wing groups, Tzav 9 and Israeli Reservists – Generation of Victory, which oppose the government’s recently approved resumption of aid to the Gaza Strip.

Israel had blocked all aid from entering Gaza since March 2, arguing that sufficient humanitarian assistance had entered the Strip during a six-week ceasefire and that Hamas was stealing aid, with the blockade necessary to pressure the terror group to release the dozens of hostages it is holding. In recent weeks, however, some officials in the IDF have begun warning the political leadership that the enclave was on the brink of starvation.

On Wednesday morning, Tzav 9 sent out video footage of activists walking slowly in front of the trucks to impede their progress, as well as at least one activist being arrested.

The police said that one protester was arrested for trying to block the road, and another for failing to listen to police instructions and obstructing police officers in carrying out their duty.

“The passage of aid trucks to Hamas is an unspeakable injustice, and we cannot stand by while this harm to our hostages continues,” said Reut Ben Haim, founder of Tzav 9.

“The people of Israel deserve to stop the horror and the strengthening of the terrorist organization at the same time that 58 hostages are being held in the Gaza Strip,” she added.

Cap. (Res.) Ashriel Mahlev, head of the Israeli Reservists – Generation of Victory group, said, “The State of Israel is sending aid to Hamas on a silver platter at a time when our comrades are being killed in combat in Gaza,” adding, “This isn’t humanitarian, it is national suicide.”

Mahlev said that hundreds of activists from his organization will be trying to block the passage of the aid to Gaza all week.

Tzav 9 and founder Ben Haim were sanctioned by the Biden administration, but those sanctions were lifted by the Trump administration.

UN agencies and humanitarian organizations have reported on increasing rates of malnutrition in Gaza and warned of an impending humanitarian disaster unless large amounts of aid are brought into the territory, due to Israel’s blockade on the entry of all aid since March 2. The blockade was lifted Monday.

The Defense Ministry’s COGAT agency said 93 trucks of aid entered the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing on Tuesday, but the UN has said that aid agencies were unable to pick up the aid from the Gazan side of the crossing since they were not given a green light to do so from Israeli authorities.

COGAT did not respond to a request for comment on this claim.