Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Friday, October 18, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Friday, October 18, 2024
Israel looking at option of private company being used to distribute Gaza aid
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Boys sit on a cart with humanitarian aid packages in central Gaza City on August 27, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
Israel is looking into private companies to distribute aid in northern Gaza as part of an attempt to take away a core element of Hamas’s civil rule, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.
Israeli companies will not be used, but Israel is looking into using an American security company, around which the IDF would provide a security perimeter, says the official.
The hope is to eventually get Arab countries on board to distribute humanitarian aid, adds the official.
