内容摘要：Water and patches of green are visible near Mertarvik, Alaska Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Water and patches of green are visible near Mertarvik, Alaska Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Israel’s pressure on Hamas has included a blockade of Gaza and its over 2 million people since early March. This week, thethe territory and began reaching Palestinians since the blockade began.

COGAT, the Israeli defense body overseeing aid for Gaza, said 388 trucks had entered since Monday. About 600 trucks a day had entered during the ceasefire.Warnings of famine by food security experts, andjostling for bowls of food at the ever-shrinking number of charity kitchens, led Israel’s allies to press the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow some aid to return.

Netanyahu’s government has sought a new aid delivery and distribution system by a newly established U.S.-backed group, but thehave rejected it, saying it allows Israel to use food as a weapon and violates humanitarian principles.

Israel may now be changing its approach to let aid groups remain in charge of non-food assistance, according to a

. Israel accuses Hamas of siphoning off aid but the U.N. and aid groups deny there is significant diversion.Palestinians evacuate after the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for several schools and a hospital in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel has vowed to facilitate what it refers to as the voluntary migration ofto other countries, which many Palestinians and others view as

Israel wants to “ensure the forced displacement of people from the area” by putting hospitals out of service, said Rami Shurafi, a board member of al-Awda hospital.The Indonesian hospital, once the largest in northern Gaza, has been surrounded by Israeli troops, who were positioned about 500 meters (545 yards) away. Drones have hovered above, monitoring any movement, since Sunday, an aid group that supports the hospital said.