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Aid distribution may be a sticking point in ceasefire talks
For some Israeli ministers, the observations that Hamas submitted might be problematic. That’s what we’re seeing in Israeli reporting as well.
Namely, that Hamas wants to ensure that aid is allowed in through international organisations and the Palestinian Red Crescent, and that aid distribution would resume in the hundreds of distribution points, rather than in the death traps of four distribution centres for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
This is problematic for the Israeli cabinet, which views controlling the aid as central to its agenda in Gaza.
Another issue – even if the prediction is that this would be overcome – is how a redeployment would happen and how many Palestinians would be released in exchange for those Israeli captives.
However, the sticking point right now, at least at this stage, is the humanitarian aid situation and who will control it.
Israel views GHF as an opportunity for intelligence gathering
There are several reasons why Israel wanted to establish the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), Muhanad Seloom, assistant professor at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, has told Al Jazeera.
A primary reason, he explained, is that the Israeli forces saw it as an intelligence-gathering opportunity to collect information on people in Gaza.
The established humanitarian network, which included a number of UN agencies, would also issue reports that would criticise Israel’s actions in Gaza, which he said was another reason for Israel to take over the aid system.
The GHF also allows the Israeli military to claim “so-called plausible deniability,” he said, adding that if “anything goes wrong”, they can blame a contractor and not the Israeli forces.
