The launch of the humanitarian aid distribution mechanism has been delayed until later this week, as Hamas continues to loot incoming aid trucks, Channel 14 reported. However, the extent of the looting has decreased, thanks to IDF drones escorting the convoys.
Originally scheduled to begin at the end of this weekend, the aid distribution, managed by American companies, is now expected to start by midweek, or at the latest, by the end of the week.
Channel 14’s Tamir Morag reported on Sunday that “A significant portion of the aid entering the Gaza Strip, though considerably smaller than during the ceasefire, is still being seized by Hamas. This is expected to stop by midweek or later this week, once the American-run distribution begins in designated compounds south of the Morag axis and near the Netzarim corridor.”
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The New York Times reported on Saturday about a collaboration between Israelis and Americans to secure food deliveries from Hamas. The project is an Israeli initiative, originally proposed by Israeli officials in the early weeks of the war.
According to the Times, the broad outlines of the plan were first discussed in late 2023 during private meetings among like-minded officials, military officers, and businesspeople with close ties to the Israeli government. The group, which called itself the Mikveh Yisrael Forum, aimed to bypass the United Nations in Gaza. Throughout 2024, they cultivated support among Israeli political leaders and certain military commanders, and began developing the initiative with foreign contractors—chief among them Philip F. Reilly, a former senior CIA officer, and a fundraising group supporting the initiative led by Jake Wood, a former U.S. Marine.
The plan was intended to weaken Hamas’s grip on Gaza, prevent aid from being diverted to militants or sold on the black market, and bypass the United Nations, which Israeli officials distrusted and accused of harboring anti-Israel bias – on top of employing Hamas members who took part in the October 7 atrocities. They argued that their approach would shift distribution from chaotic, ungoverned zones to areas under Israeli military oversight, thereby improving order and control.
U.N. officials pushed back, warning that the plan would limit aid access to only certain parts of Gaza and potentially put civilians at risk by requiring them to travel long distances, often across Israeli military lines, to receive food. The U.N. also expressed concern that the system could be used to facilitate the displacement of civilians from northern Gaza since the initial aid distribution points are located exclusively in the south.
Well, yes, that was the idea, and now it has become the core strategy of the latest phase of the IDF attack on Hamas in Gaza. As Gazans are ordered to vacate the war zones, all regular infantry and armored brigades are currently engaged in operations inside the Gaza Strip. These include the Golani, Givati, Paratroopers, Nahal, Kfir, Uzi, and Commando Brigades, as well as the 7th, 188th, and 401st Armored Brigades. They are joined by several reserve brigades operating alongside them. This represents one of the largest force deployments the IDF has undertaken since the beginning of the war.
Under the new plan, Reilly’s firm, Safe Reach Solutions, along with other security companies, would initially secure four aid distribution sites located in areas of southern Gaza under Israeli military control, Jake Wood told The New York Times. Wood’s nonprofit, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, will finance the operation, which is intended to gradually replace the current U.N.-run system—where civilians collect food from hundreds of locations across the Strip, most of which are manned by Hamas—with a more centralized and controlled distribution model, and no Hamas member in sight.
