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Such a crisis would endanger the continuation of Operation Gideon’s Chariots to defeat Hamas,
he added, referring to the new operation by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza, which was launched on Friday
Israel will act to deny Hamas’s ability to take control of the distribution of humanitarian assistance in order to ensure that the assistance does not reach the Hamas terrorists,
Mr Netanayhu’s office said in a statement on SundayIn a few days, with God’s help, an American civilian company will begin operating in the [Gaza] Strip to distribute the minimal food aid directly to civilians, ensuring not a single grain reaches Hamas or endangers our soldiers,
Mr Smotrich addedAllowing aid into Gaza while our soldiers are fighting there and hostages are being held starving and counting 600 days, harms security, damages national resilience, and sends a dangerous message of moral confusion.”
She saidThey won’t support us.”
He saidNo aid will be allowed to Hamas. Period. There will be an entry – one that reality requires – of a minimum level of food and medicine for the civilian population in Gaza, but none of it will go to Hamas,
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Mr Prime Minister, our hostages receive no humanitarian aid."
But Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir argued against any resumption of aid, saying on X
I brought five charred bodies to Nasser Hospital, but many more are still by the tents—we couldn’t reach them because of the flames,
Jaafar Ezzedine, a civil defense medic, told NBC News
We’re in a race against time to avoid famine,
the United Nations' World Food Programme said in an X post Sunday, in which it urged the international community to “act urgently to get aid flowing again.”There is a lot of criticism from the right this morning regarding the humanitarian issue — and that’s understandable. But it’s important to know the facts,
he said, addingIf there is famine, ... we will lose international support and won’t be able to achieve victory.”
he added
We must not let the population (of Gaza) sink into famine, both for practical and diplomatic reasons,
Netanyahu said
The Prime Minister is making a serious mistake in this move, and he has no majority at all. Hamas must only be crushed, and not at the same time provided with oxygen for its survival,
he said in a statementThe fighting is intense and we are making progress. We will take control of all the territory of the Strip,
he said
Therefore, to achieve victory, we need to somehow solve the problem,
Netanyahu saidThe operations by Gideon's Chariots are a death sentence for the remaining Israeli captives, and the continuation of this operation means that Netanyahu aims to get rid of the captives, not to recover them,
Abu Zuhri told Reuters
We must not reach a state of famine, both from an economic and a political point of view,
Netanyahu said
We thought that all houses would be bombed,
said Mohammed Sarhan, a relative of the man killed and a neighbor, who said the strikes lasted 10 minutes
As someone who was there, I know that only through negotiations is (returning the hostages) possible,
she saidAll my family members are gone. There is no one left,
said a distraught Warda al-Shaer