Israel allows five United Nations trucks after the siege for 11 weeks

The Israeli military body says it allowed five United Nations trucks carrying humanitarian aid, including children’s food, in the Gaza Strip after 11 weeks of siege.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his decision to allow the “minimum” food for 2.1 million Palestinians in the region follows pressure from allies in the US Senate.

“We should not reach a state of famine, whether from a practical or diplomatic point of view,” he stressed in a video in response to criticizing the move in Israel.

Netanyahu said that the food delivery operations will only continue until the Israeli military and private companies have established aid distribution centers under the United States -backed plan rejected by the United Nations.

He also announced that the Israeli forces will control all areas “in Gaza as part of the expanded ground attack against Hamas, the Israeli army began on Sunday.

Meanwhile, at least 40 people were killed by Israeli air strikes across the region on Monday, according to respondents and early hospitals.

According to the killing of one of the strikes, five people were killed in a school that is used as a shelter for families displaced in the Nuserat refugee camp, in the center of Gaza.

The Israeli army said it was “Hamas terrorists” who were working inside the command and control center in the area.

He also requested The evacuation of the southern city of Khan Yunis And its eastern suburbs, warning its residents against launching an “unprecedented attack” there.

Israel suspended all delivery operations from humanitarian aid and commercial supplies to Gaza on March 2 and resumed its military attack after two weeks, and ended the two -month ceasefire with Hamas.

She said that the steps were aiming to pressure the armed group to release the hostages who were still being held in Gaza.

According to the Israeli shelling, which was resumed and the ground operation, more than 3,000 people explained 400,000 others, while the United Nations says the siege caused a severe shortage of food, medicine and fuel.

Last week, the Hamas -running Ministry of Health stated that 57 children had passed away due to the effects of malnutrition over the past 11 week, and a rating warned by classifying the integrated food security phase (IPC) half a million people.

The United Nations said that Israel was binding under international humanitarian law to ensure food and medical supplies to the inhabitants of Gaza. Israeli officials said there was no shortage of aid because thousands of truck loads had entered Gaza during the ceasefire. They accused Hamas of stealing supplies, which we thought of the group.

However, after increasing pressure from Israeli allies, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office announced on Sunday night that “it will allow the provision of a basic amount of food to the residents in order to ensure that the hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip does not develop.”

The Israeli right -wing politicians and activists rushed to attack the sudden change of policy. Extremist National Security Minister Itamar Bin Ghaffir described it as a “serious mistake” that would “nourish Hamas and give it oxygen while our hostages screams in the tunnels.”

In a video posted on social media on Monday in response to criticism, Netanyahu did not make human arguments when he made it clear the decision to allow some food.

He said, “Since the beginning of the war, we said that in order to achieve victory – to defeat Hamas and liberate all our hostages, which are two intertwined tasks – there is one necessary case: we should not reach a situation of starvation, whether from a practical or diplomatic point of view.”

He said that he prohibited the delivery of aid through the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations due to the looting by Hamas, and he is now following a “different method” that involves a non -governmental organization supported by the United States, which is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and the distribution of aid from the centers protected by security contractors and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

However, he warned that the “red line” is now approaching and “our best friends in the world, [US] The members of the Senate, whom I know as emotional supporters of Israel.

They come to me and say this: “We offer you all the support to achieve victory … but there is one thing that we cannot accept. We cannot deal with hunger images. “

“In order to achieve victory, we must solve this problem in one way or another. To create these distribution points, and until we build a sterile area under the control of the Israeli Defense Army to distribute food and medicine, we need to provide a simple basic bridge – it is only enough to prevent hunger.”

Finance Minister Bizalil Soutrich, another right -wing leader, sought the decision by urging the Israeli public to focus on the big picture.

Sottic – who is defending the construction of new Israeli settlements in Gaza – said that the military attack was aimed at forcing the Palestinians on the southern region “and from there, with the help of God, to the third countries,” which is always homeless.

On Monday evening, the Israeli military body COGAT announced five trucks carrying humanitarian aid, including food for children, entered Gaza by crossing Kerem Shalom “after recommending the professional IDF officials and according to the direction of the political reference.”

“In the coming days, Israel will facilitate the entry of dozens of aid truck,” the Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aden Bar Tall, told reporters earlier.

The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Coordination (OCA) also said that “it has dealt with the Israeli authorities by the Israeli authorities to resume the delivery of limited aid, and we are in discussions with them now on how this happens in view of the conditions on the ground.”

Meanwhile, the head of the central global charitable cuisine in the United States asked about the demand of a senior Israeli official that the preparations for the aid plan mentioned by Netanyahu will be completed within about a week.

Chef Jose Andres wrote on X.

The United Nations and other relief agencies said that it has about 8,900 shipments of humanitarian aid in its status already and ready to enter Gaza, as well as a plan to ensure that they are delivered directly to the needy civilians without rushing.

They also insisted that they will not cooperate with the Israeli -American plan to distribute aid from the mostly present centers in southern Gaza, saying that it contradicts its basic humanitarian principles caused by neutrality, independence and impartiality.

They have warned that they would practice practically those who suffer from mobility issues, including those who suffer from disabilities and elderly people, are forced to more displacement, offer thousands of people to harm, make help conditional on political and military goals, and set an unacceptable precedent to deliver aid around the world.

A displaced Palestinian man who lives in the coastal area of ​​Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis, with his wife and two -year -old two children, said they are currently able to eat one meal a day thanks to a “great rationing”.

“Access to food, medicine and cleanliness of cleaning products is very difficult – almost impossible – due to the lack of these elements and their high prices if available,” Abdel -Fateh Hussein told the BBC in a message.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Abu Regalle said that his organization, Gaza Youth (Gaza Youth), was able to distribute about 2,500 meals on Monday – much less than usual.

BBC told the phone that it was a struggle to find cooking ingredients, forcing him to buy them at high prices from local markets.

Netanyahu also said that the Israeli forces were working in a “massive fight” in Gaza and were making progress.

“We will control all areas of the tape, and this is what we will do,” he said.

He said that the “main goal” of the expanded attack is the defeat of Hamas and that it will lead to the release of 58 remaining hostages, up to 23 of them believed to be alive.

On Sunday, the Israeli Defense Army spokesman, Breej Jin Evi Defirin, said five sections involved in an operation that includes “dividing the region and cleaning the population because of its safety.” “The only thing that can prevent us is our hostage.”

While the negotiators of Israel and Hamas remain in Qatar, both sides say there was no penetration in a new round of indirect talks on the shooting deal and the hostages.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on the border on October 7, 2023, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.

At least 53,475 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 3,340 people since the Israeli attack resumed, according to the Ministry of Health in the region.