内容摘要：“Money must serve, not rule!” he said in urging political reforms.

“Money must serve, not rule!” he said in urging political reforms.

unless the blockade ends. Malnutrition and hunger have been mounting. Aid groups ran out of food to distribute weeks ago, and most of the population of around 2.3 million relies on communal kitchens whose supplies are nearly depleted.At a kitchen in Gaza City, a charity group distributed watery lentil soup.

Somaia Abu Amsha scooped small portions for her family, saying they have not had bread for over 10 days and she can’t afford rice or pasta.“We don’t want anything other than that they end the war. We don’t want charity kitchens. Even dogs wouldn’t eat this, let alone children,” she said.Aid groups say the small amount of aid that Israel has allowed is far short of what is needed. About 600 trucks entered daily under the latest ceasefire.

Israel has said its slight easing of the blockade is a bridge until the new aid system it demands is put in place. The U.N. and other humanitarian groups have rejected the system, saying it enables Israel to use aid as a weapon and forcibly displace the population.Netanyahu told reporters the plan will begin “in coming days.”

He said in a later phase, the “sterile zone” in southern Gaza would be free of Hamas and the population would be moved there “for the purposes of its safety.” There, they would receive aid, “and then they enter – and they don’t necessarily go back.”

Palestinian carry the bodies of their relatives including children who were killed in an Israeli army airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Netanyahu’s government has sought a new aid delivery and distribution system by a newly established U.S.-backed group, but the

have 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.Hospitals in Gaza are again reporting attacks and other Israeli pressure.