The Israeli Security Cabinet decided yesterday to immediately resume the transfer of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and the first aid trucks entered the enclave today.
"Today, Israel is facilitating the entry of trucks with baby food into Gaza," an Israeli spokesperson said, adding, "in the coming days, Israel will facilitate the entry of dozens of aid trucks."
The aid is being delivered through preexisting delivery mechanisms, while Israel and the United States work to stand up a new humanitarian aid mechanism that will help ensure aid intended for Gazans is not stolen by Hamas.
At the same time, the IDF is also continuing to expand its military operations in Gaza as part of Operation Gideon's Chariots.
The IDF ordered Gazans to evacuate Khan Younis, declaring the area a combat zone, and has carried out hundreds of airstrikes since Friday targeting tunnels, weapon depots, Hamas operatives, and other terror infrastructure.
Following the increased military pressure, videos out of Khan Younis show dozens of Palestinians protesting against Hamas, chanting "Hamas out, out!"
Urban warfare expert John Spencer wrote today of the new Israeli operation:
"After October 7, any political or military leader who believed Hamas could be swiftly dismantled—or that its infrastructure was anything less than deeply entrenched—was never a serious student of war. Hamas spent decades transforming Gaza into a fortress: a vast subterranean network of tunnels, a militarized landscape of civilian infrastructure, and a society indoctrinated for jihad. This was not a rogue insurgency. It was an autonomous warfighting entity—an entire region engineered for protracted conflict.
"Now, that war is being met with clarity of purpose. Operation Gideon’s Chariots is not merely a military offensive—it is a campaign to dismantle the machinery of terror and reshape the strategic future of the region."
Meanwhile, Israeli negotiators are continuing to engage in talks to secure the release of additional hostages.
"Under the prime minister’s direction, even at this hour, the negotiating team in Doha is working to exhaust every possibility for a deal — whether according to the Witkoff outline or within the framework of ending the war, which would include the release of all hostages, the exile of Hamas terrorists and the disarmament of the Gaza Strip," Prime Minister Netanyahu's office said in a statement.
The United States must continue to stand with Israel for as long as it takes to free all 58 remaining hostages, including 4 Americans, and drive Hamas from power in Gaza.
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