内容摘要：and NASA determined it was too risky for the astronauts to come back to Earth in the same capsule.

and NASA determined it was too risky for the astronauts to come back to Earth in the same capsule.

But on Thursday, Israel sought to distance itself from the efforts, saying that it will not be funding those efforts or be in charge of dispensing the aid.“We will facilitate them. We will enable them. You know, some of them will have to cross through territory that we operate, but we will definitely not fund them,” Danon said.

Many in the aid community, including Fletcher, believe the new system is meant toand other international aid agencies.“What I have heard is a system that to me feels very dehumanizing,” Fletcher said, noting that people would be “moved out of their own locations, deliberately displaced into holding pens, expected to show ID and so on in a very dehumanizing way that isn’t based on humanitarian need.”

He said U.N. lawyers and nonprofit partners have warned that if the U.N. were to agree to this proposal, “we would be undermining our humanitarian principles” and opening the door for other occupying powers to determine who gets aid and how it is distributed.The U.S.-backed foundation said it expects to begin operations before the end of the month.

Foundation executive director Jake Wood, a U.S. military veteran and co-founder of an existing disaster relief group called Team Rubicon, indicated that Israeli officials had agreed to allow the foundation to deliver aid through existing systems in Gaza temporarily while the group builds new distribution sites that Israel has demanded for aid.

The Israelis also have agreed to allow more sites to be constructed to allow aid distribution in all of Gaza and to look for ways to get aid to those too malnourished, injured by fighting, too old or too young to travel long distances to one of the aid sites, a foundation’s statement said Wednesday.. Fifty-eight remain in Gaza. Around a third are believed to be alive. Most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.

After Hamas announced on Sunday he would be released, Alexander’s family said it “received the greatest gift imaginable — news that our beautiful son Edan is returning home after 583 days in captivity in Gaza.”Alexander’s parents flew to Israel on Monday. Trump’s hostage negotiator, Adam Boehler, posted a picture on social media showing Alexander’s mother, Yael, aboard the flight.

Relatives and friends of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander gather to watch the TV broadcast of his release from Hamas captivity in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 12, 2025. Alexander was abducted during the Hamas-led attack on his base on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Relatives and friends of Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander gather to watch the TV broadcast of his release from Hamas captivity in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 12, 2025. Alexander was abducted during the Hamas-led attack on his base on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)