Israel plans new control of food and supplies in Gaza: Comments on Trump’s comments on the humanitarian crisis and the U.S. response to the Gaza crisis
The new military plans would lead to more Palestinians leaving Gaza, which was articulated by Donald Trump earlier in the year.
“We are conquering Gaza to stay — no more in-and-out. This is a war for victory, and it’s time to stop being afraid of the word ‘occupation.’ “We are defeating Hamas and will not surrender,” said Smotrich.
The aid plan was opposed by the U.S. administration because it was a violation of the international war laws, according to a former official speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Trump administration did not immediately comment on Israel’s planned changes, but President Trump has said food needs to get into Gaza. Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates next week.
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The U.N. and Gaza’s Aid Plan: Israel’s Counterattack, Freedom of Supplies and Humanitarian Principles, and the Fate of Hamas
He said it was crazy. We would take food parcels over 30 or 40 kilometers. And they told us it’s, like, dry food, not fresh food, which made us feel like animals.”
The limited aid distribution zones would not be accessible to large populations of Palestinians spread throughout Gaza, the U.N. and aid groups said in their joint statement.
Israeli soldiers would guard the periphery but not take part in handing out aid. Three people familiar with the plans told NPR that Safe Reach Solutions is an American security company that will work in conjunction with a foundation in Switzerland. The groups haven’t commented on its expected role.
The new aid zone would include around four to ten aid distribution hubs, located in between two Israeli-held strips of land in southern Gaza, the Morag and Netzarim corridors, according to people briefed on the plans.
The U.N. said half of Gaza’s population, about a million people, ate just one meal a day from charity kitchens before they ran out of supplies and shut down.
Israel has been banning food and supplies for more than two months, which is the longest blockade it has ever imposed. Bakeries and food kitchens have shut down, hunger is widespread and children have suffered malnourishment, the U.N. says.
“It contravenes fundamental humanitarian principles and appears designed to reinforce control over life-sustaining items as a pressure tactic — as part of a military strategy,” the United Nations and its aid partners in Gaza said in a joint statement. “We will not participate in any scheme that does not adhere to the global humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, independence and neutrality.”
The United Nations and major groups currently running aid operations in Gaza, briefed by Israel on the plans, said they would not cooperate with the plans.
Israel says the plan would weaken Hamas and deny it aid, because the group has 59 hostages and is still attacking Israel. Israel’s retaliation has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, Gaza health officials say.
Details of Israel’s proposal were shared with NPR by six people, including current and former U.S. and Israeli officials, with knowledge of Israel’s aid plans. They spoke on condition of anonymity to divulge elements of the aid plan that have not been formally announced.
While President Trump is in Gulf Arab countries next week there will be a chance for a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, according to a senior defense official.
Israel’s Cabinet approved a plan to seize more land in the Gaza Strip, and then move the Palestinians to a designated area with food and supplies from the U.S. security contractors.
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