World aid groups have criticized Israel for the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Israel has denied the accusations.

Israel has announced a daily “tactical pause in military activity” in three areas of Gaza to enable more aid to reach people, amid growing international outrage over starvation in the territory.

Top Hamas figure Ghazi Hamad says Hamas offered terms for the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of terrorist prisoners, likely including those involved in the October 7 massacre.

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The IDF admits there is a dangerous food situation in Gaza, even if short of the claimed mass starvation, and an awful public relations situation there. It’s easy for the pro-Israel crowd to cry foul about global media accusations of mass starvation in Gaza – being made knowingly or naively in the service of Hamas – given that there is a dangerous food shortage,

Israel has long restricted aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population. On Saturday, the Israeli military announced new airdrops of aid.

JERUSALEM — Israel plans to take control of — and severely restrict — the distribution of humanitarian aid inside the Gaza Strip, using private American security contractors, as a condition ...