Israel says it will allow ‘basic amount of food into Gaza’, ending 10-week blockade

Israel has announced that it would allow a “basic amount of food” to enter Gaza “to ensure that the starvation crisis is not evolved” after blocking the lands for 10 weeks.

A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office said: “On the recommendation of the Israeli Defense Army, and the operational need to enable the expansion of intense fighting to defeat Hamas, Israel will provide a basic amount of food for the population in order to ensure that the starvation crisis does not develop.”

This announcement came hours after the Israeli army said it had begun “wide operations” throughout Gaza.

The evacuation order was issued on Sunday evening to several areas that it warned would face imminent attacks.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched strikes on sites, including a hospital in northern Gaza, on Sunday as part of a new attack called Gideon.

Israel says it aims to liberate the hostages held in Gaza and defeat Hamas.

Rescuers said that the strikes struck the southern city of Khan Yunis, as well as cities in northern Gaza, including Beit Lahia and Gabalia Refugee camp.

Hamas, the Ministry of Health, said that at least 67 people were killed and 361 were wounded in Gaza during the past 24 hours.

A woman in Khan Yunis BBC told that the situation was “very difficult” and has been awake because of the sound of the bombing, while carrying “the severe shortage of flour, gas and food.”

The Civil Defense, which is the main emergency service in Gaza, said that the Mawasi camp in the south, where the displaced people had an attack overnight, which led to 22 deaths and 100 people were injured. The camp has already been appointed as a “safe area”.

In the broad evacuation order on Sunday, which he described as a “final warning”, the Israeli army said it would “make a heavy blow to any area used to launch missiles”, and urged people to “move west immediately to the well -known shelters in Al -Malasi.”

The Ministry of Health said that three public hospitals are “out of work” in the North Gaza Governorate, in the words of the Ministry of Health, amid the escalating air strikes of Israel.

The medical staff, the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, told the BBC at about 21:40 local time (20:40 GMT) that the Israeli Defense Army tanks withdrew abroad and were shooting at the hospital. They said that 55 people were inside, including four doctors and eight nurses. They said that the rest were patients who were unable to escape from the hospital after the morning attack.

After about 50 minutes, the employees said that the Israeli Defense Army had left the hospital.

The IDF said that its forces are fighting “terrorist infrastructure sites” in northern Gaza, including the area adjacent to the Indonesian hospital.

Earlier on Sunday, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the employees and patients there were “dense fire.” Israel accused the hospital’s blockade, cut off, and “forced the hospital effectively to get out of service.”

The paramedics told the BBC any evacuation or warning was issued before the attacks, and there were no military targets in the Indonesian hospital.

The attack comes at a time when negotiators continue from Israel and the enthusiasm of the ceasefire agreement in Qatar.

The Israeli media quoted the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying that the Israel negotiating team was exhausted “every possibility” of Sunday’s agreement.

Reports said that Netanyahu’s statement said that “it will include the release of all the hostages, the exile of the terrorists Hamas, and the removal of the Gaza Strip.”

“No progress or progress has yet been made in the ongoing negotiations in Doha due to the continued Israeli suffering.”

The source said that Hamas expressed its willingness to launch all Israeli hostages in one stage, “provided that the comprehensive and permanent ceasefire agreement is reached – which the Israeli team continues to reject, as their negotiating team lacks the mandate to take a decision on the main issues.”

The source confirmed that Hamas “rejects any partial or temporary arrangements.” The group suggested that all hostages be launched in exchange for an agreed number of Palestinian prisoners, the full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and the entry of humanitarian aid – which has now been limited to 10 weeks.

“Israel wants to recover its hostages in one or two batches for a temporary truce,” a Hamas source told the BBC.

Speaking to the BBC on Sunday, Mohamed Salha, director of the Al -Wali Special Hospital in Northern Gaza, said that the closure of the Indonesian Hospital will affect the care that he was able to provide.

He said that the oud depends on the Indonesian Hospital for oxygen stores and the intensive care unit.

Mr. Salha added that there was a bombing near his hospital during the night, causing “a lot of damage” to the facility that employees are trying to repair quickly.

The latest damage to hospitals comes after the Israeli strikes hit two of the largest medical centers in Khan Yunis, the Nasser Medical Complex and the European Hospital.

Israel accused Hamas of hiding a leadership and control center under the European Hospital, and said it had a “accurate blow” of “Hamas terrorists”.

The Israeli media reported that the goal of the strike is Muhammad Sinwar, the younger brother of the former Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.

Thousands of people have been killed since Israel resumed its strikes on March 18, after the collapse of the two -month -old fragile ceasefire.

Relief agencies have warned of the risk of starvation among the 2.1 million Gaza population, with the appearance of snapshots of defeated children with malnutrition.

The Israeli army said that the expansion of its campaign aims to “achieve all the goals of the war”, including the release of hostages and “the defeat of Hamas.”

However, the hostage families group said that the operation put forward “serious risks and escalating” on the hostages who are still detained in Gaza.

The hostage forum and missing families said: “The testimonies of hostages are highly imposed in exacerbation after military strikes, including physical attack, self -control and food reduction.”

The war arose by Hamas’s attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which witnessed about 1,200 people who were killed and more than 250 hostages.

About 58 hostages remain in Gaza, up to 23 of them believed to be alive.

More than 53,000 Palestinians were killed during the military campaign of Israel in Gaza.

Participated in additional reports by André Roden Paul and Alice Cody

By BBC

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