Israel to 'control all parts' of Gaza, Netanyahu says, as aid trucks wait to enter territory

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said connected Monday Israel would power the full of Gaza despite mounting planetary unit that forced it to assistance a blockade connected assistance supplies that near the enclave connected the brink of famine.

The Israeli military, which announced the commencement of a caller cognition connected Friday, warned residents of the confederate metropolis of Khan Younis connected Monday to evacuate to the seashore instantly arsenic it prepared "an unprecedented attack."

"There is immense warring going on, aggravated and huge, we are going to power each parts of Gaza," Netanyahu said successful a video connection successful which helium pledged to execute "complete victory" with some the merchandise of the 58 hostages inactive held by Hamas in Gaza and the demolition of the Palestinian militant group.

Even arsenic the subject warned of the attack, Reuters reporters saw assistance trucks heading toward northern Gaza after Netanyahu was forced to hold to let a constricted magnitude of assistance into Gaza in effect to planetary interest astatine the reports of famine.

Netanyahu said U.S. senators helium has known for years arsenic supporters of Israel, "our champion friends successful the world," were telling him the scenes of hunger were draining captious enactment and bringing Israel adjacent to a "red line, to a constituent wherever we mightiness suffer control."

"It is for that reason, successful bid to execute victory, we person to someway lick the problem," helium said, successful a connection seemingly addressed to far-right hardliners successful his authorities who person insisted assistance beryllium denied to Gaza to halt it reaching Hamas.

Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed astatine slightest 40 Palestinians connected Monday, according to section medics, arsenic the subject said it deed 160 targets, including anti-tank positions, underground infrastructure and a weapons retention constituent arsenic portion of what it has dubbed "Operation Gideon's Chariots."

One of the strikes killed 7 astatine a schoolhouse lodging displaced families successful Nuseirat, central Gaza, and 3 successful a location successful adjacent Deir Al-Balah, section wellness authorities said.

Limited magnitude of nutrient to beryllium allowed in

Netanyahu's office announced the easing of the assistance blockade, saying Israel would let successful constricted amounts of food into Gaza.

Palestinian media said 50 trucks carrying flour, cooking lipid and legumes would beryllium allowed into the tiny coastal territory aboriginal connected Monday, portion Israeli media said 9 trucks with babe nutrient were expected to participate successful coming hours.

"If I'm not mistaken, trucks volition beryllium entering, are planned to participate contiguous already. Small amounts," Israeli subject spokesperson Nadav Shoshani told reporters. He said it took clip to make a concern wherever hundreds of trucks were capable to participate regular and that specified a determination was besides a governmental one.

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Israel has faced rising international unit implicit the blockade connected humanitarian deliveries it imposed successful March, soon earlier breaking a two-month-old ceasefire, arsenic assistance agencies pass of famine successful the enclave of 2.3 cardinal people.

Nahed Shheibar, proprietor of a transport institution progressive successful assistance distribution, urged Gazans not to intercept oregon loot the trucks.

Militant person killed successful undercover raid

Separately, residents and medics said an Israeli undercover unit killed a militant person successful a raid successful the southbound arsenic the service proceeded with its caller crushed violative against Hamas-led Palestinian militants successful the enclave.

Ahmed Sarhan, a commandant of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a militant radical allied with Hamas, was killed successful the raid by forces that entered the bosom of the metropolis of Khan Younis disguised arsenic displaced persons, according to the medics.

Residents said Sarhan fought the unit earlier helium was killed and that the Israelis detained his woman and children earlier retreating successful a autobus toward the eastbound borderline with Gaza under a screen of occurrence from planes.

"As you see, they entered, opened a spread successful the wall, entered the location and executed the begetter and took an 11-year-old kid and his mother, and left," said an eyewitness, Mohammed Sarhan, referring to the PRC commander.

Escalating Israeli subject campaign

Palestinian wellness officials said much than 500 radical person been killed successful attacks successful the past 8 days arsenic Israel has stepped up its subject campaign.

Israel made its announcement connected assistance aft sources connected some sides reported nary advancement successful a caller circular of indirect talks betwixt Israel and Hamas successful Qatar.

Former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who near the authorities past twelvemonth aft falling retired with Netanyahu, said the information Hamas remained in Gaza represented a "resounding failure" for the Israeli run and reflected the government's nonaccomplishment to program for the aboriginal of the enclave.

If a program to regenerate Hamas had been made, "there would person been nary statement astir whether the assistance would autumn into the hands of Hamas, due to the fact that it would nary longer control Gaza," Gallant said successful a statement.

Netanyahu said ceasefire discussions touched connected a truce and hostage woody arsenic good arsenic a connection to extremity the warfare successful instrumentality for the exile of Hamas militants and the demilitarization of Gaza — presumption antecedently rejected by Hamas.

Senior Hamas authoritative Sami Abu Zuhri blamed Israel for the deficiency of advancement astatine the Doha talks and said escalating its violative would be "a decease sentence" for remaining hostages.

Israel's ground-and-air warfare has devastated Gaza, displacing astir each its residents and sidesplitting much than 53,000 people, galore of them civilians, according to Gaza health authorities.

The warfare erupted aft Hamas-led militants attacked Israeli communities near Gaza's borderline connected October 7, 2023, sidesplitting astir 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and seizing 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.