An Israeli official confirms to The Times of Israel a report that the IDF is planning to begin facilitating the entry of aid into Gaza in the coming weeks as assistance to the Strip begins to dissipate.
Israel began barring all aid from entering Gaza after the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza concluded on March 1.
The IDF denied the Ynet report earlier this morning, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office now echoes the army assertion in its own statement insisting that the political echelon’s directive to the IDF is to intensify the military pressure on Hamas in order to coax the terror group into releasing the hostages.
An Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that the IDF is working on a pilot program through which aid will be re-allowed into Gaza but in a manner in which Hamas won’t be able to divert it.
One of the ideas being workshopped is for aid to only be allowed into specific enclaves that are guarded by private security contractors.
The plans have not yet been finalized, the official says.
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