内容摘要：WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The vast number of

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The vast number of

Israel’s decision to freeze all humanitarian aid likely meant her son also wasn’t getting food, she said.for 80% of Palestinians in Gaza, the World Food Program

, though that figure has likely risen in the past month.Israel stopped all humanitarian aid in March, the longest period there has been a freeze on humanitarian aid during the war, leading many organizations toPeople take part in a protest demanding the end of the war and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

People take part in a protest demanding the end of the war and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)“I just want to imagine that he’s holding on and that he’s okay for now, that’s my hope and that’s my belief right now,” she said.

Bohbot is desperately hoping that Trump’s visit to the region next week may bring a breakthrough in ceasefire negotiations. Her family is still paying rent on a stall at a market in Tel Aviv, where Elkana had been planning to open a gourmet ice cream shop.

The family will mark Raem’s fifth birthday next month – his second during his father’s captivity. Raem has started saying things like “if my daddy comes home,” to which the family gently corrects him – “your daddy is coming home, just wait a little bit longer,” Bohbot said.under Israel’s ban on food to Gaza, with aid groups warning that people are starving. Without proper nutrition, patients’ recovery is slowed and their bodies can’t fight infection, say health professionals.

At the meeting of Netanyahu’s security Cabinet this week, which decided to expand operations in Gaza, ministers were told that “at this point there is enough food in Gaza,” without elaborating. according to two Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the meeting.Israel says its blockade and renewed military campaign aim to pressure Hamas to release the remaining 59 hostages it holds and to accede to Israel’s demands that it disarm. Rights groups have said

and a potential war crime.The United Nations has warned that Gaza’s health-care system is on the brink of collapse, overwhelmed by casualties with essential medicines running out.