Pre-Feasibility Study: The Humanitarian and Trade Corridor Jordan – West Bank – Israel – Gaza
Publisher: EcoPeace Middle East
Author(s): Ali Shaath, Yitzhak Gal, and Mohammad Khader
Date: 2025
Topics: Economic Recovery, Humanitarian Assistance
Countries: Gaza
In light of the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe resulting from the ongoing war on Gaza, there is an urgent need to establish a robust and scalable logistical mechanism to ensure the sustained delivery of humanitarian assistance and commercial goods to the 2.3 million residents of the Gaza Strip. The Humanitarian and Trade Corridor (the “Corridor”) is conceived as a strategic initiative to meet this critical need by facilitating the flow of aid and trade into Gaza, while laying the foundations for its long-term recovery and reconstruction.
This initiative is not only a humanitarian necessity but also a framework for revitalizing Gaza’s economy and fostering regional integration and cooperation. Once hostilities cease and a stable political arrangement is achieved, the volume of required aid and trade flows will surge to levels far beyond pre-war norms. As projected in this study, Gaza will require over 5,500 truckloads per day, which is more than ten times the daily average in 2023 and the immediate post-ceasefire figures from January 2025.
Ensuring an orderly, uninterrupted, and large-scale flow of aid and commercial cargo is essential for any viable rebuilding and stabilization process—not only for Gaza but for the Palestinian Territories as a whole. The scale of this logistical challenge necessitates a paradigm shift. A new, purpose-built logistics system must be established to support continuous and reliable access at this volume.
The study outlines the streams of aid and trade that the Corridor needs to facilitate, and the components of the Corridor - logistical hubs and crossing points. It provides estimates for the required capacities of these components, analyzes bottlenecks across these logistical chains (infrastructures, constraints, procedures and other factors), and suggests logistically, economically and politically feasible solutions.
This study presents a comprehensive framework for the Corridor’s development, outlining:
✔ Key aid and trade streams to be immediately facilitated;
✔ The core infrastructure components (including logistics hubs and crossing points);
✔ Capacity estimates for each component;
✔ A detailed analysis of current bottlenecks, including infrastructure limitations, regulatory hurdles, and operational constraints;
✔ And feasible solutions—logistical, economic, and political—to overcome these challenges.