Bringing in Egypt ‘only way’ to manage aid to Gaza: Lapid
Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid claims food distribution by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and other international organisations “doesn’t work and only strengthens Hamas”.
Distribution by food centres run by the notorious Gaza Humanitarian Foundation also does not work and “only causes deaths, injuries and harsh international criticism”, he wrote in a post on X.
“When will this government understand that only by bringing in the Egyptians to manage Gaza will the chaos in Gaza end?” Lapid said.
This comes as mediated ceasefire talks, in which Hamas has demanded that aid distribution in Gaza is returned to international organisations capable of doing it, have not led to a breakthrough.
Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth has quoted unnamed senior Israeli officials as saying that Israel does not intend to send a delegation of senior officials to Doha, and that there are no indications that US special envoy Steve Witkoff will arrive in the Qatari capital to finalise an agreement.
Egypt is on US/Israel's payroll, it will be the same as the GHF. Egypt blocked the attempt at a land aid convoy just a few weeks ago.
Israel’s Saar confirms blocking UN aid official’s visa
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has confirmed reports in Israeli media that has has blocked a visa extension for Jonathan Whittall, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
In a Hebrew post on X, he said the decision was made “due to biased and hostile conduct against Israel, which distorted reality, presented false reports, slandered Israel, and even violated the UN’s own rules on neutrality”.
“Whoever spreads lies about Israel – Israel will not work with them.”
This comes after Whittall testified about catastrophic conditions in Gaza and at aid distribution sites of the so-called GHF, which he said were “created to kill” and are assisting the “weaponised hunger” created by Israel.
Israeli army chief says continued war plans ready in Gaza visit
The Israeli army has released footage of chief Eyal Zamir visiting and cheering soldiers in the northern Gaza’s long-besieged neighbourhood of Shujayea.
He was quoted as saying by the military that Israeli ground forces have reached considerable “operational achievements” and that the army has presented the government with different scenarios to continue the war on Gaza.
Zamir said the fighting is “advancing the defeat of Hamas” and “creating the potential for a hostage deal”.
The Israeli military also released more footage of destruction in Gaza, showing two months of ground assault on Khan Younis in the south by its Paratrooper Brigade. More buildings were shown being blown up by Israeli forces, with the army labeling them “terrorist infrastructure”.
