Israel stops humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas rejection of the ceasefire

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Israel's government announced on Sunday that the import of all humanitarian relief supplies was discontinued in the Gaza Strip. This happened after the first phase of the ceasefire had expired with the militant group Hamas. The reason for the measure is the refusal of Hamas to accept an extension of the agreement supported by the USA.

end of the first phase of the ceasefire

The first phase of the and Palestinian prisoners led on Saturday. In the continuation of the first phase, Israel sees the exchange of living and deceased hostages in exchange for the release of other Palestinians and an increase in aid deliveries to Gaza.

Hamas urges the second phase

Hamas calls for the transition to the second phase of the agreement and accuses Israel "persistent manipulation". These are intended to refer to the proposal to extend the Agreement on the Islamic month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passahfest, which President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, had made. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that due to the refusal of Hamas to agree to the Witkoff frame, all goods and aids have been blocked in the Gaza Strip since Sunday.

reactions to the auxiliary stops

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar emphasized that Israel was ready to continue the negotiations to released hostages, but there is "no automatic handover between the phases" of the original agreement. At a press conference, Sa’ar wrote: "Since the first phase of the framework has ended, we stopped the import of trucks in the Gaza Strip. We would not do this for nothing."

The continuing fights in Gaza have put large parts of the area in ruins in the past 17 months and cost more than 45,000 people, which led to catastrophic living conditions for almost all residents of the Gaza Strip.

reaction of the international community

omer Dostri, a spokesman for the prime minister's office, confirmed on Sunday that "no trucks arrived in the Gaza strip on Sunday morning and this will not happen for the time being". Representative of the Palestinian National Initiative, Mustafa Barghouti, described the suspension of humanitarian aid as a "dangerous Israeli escalation" and a violation of the ceasefire contract.

Hamas described the decision of Israel to hire humanitarian aid as a “cheap extortion” and “war crimes”. In a separate explanation, Dr. Ismail al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas media office, on the intermediaries to put pressure on Israel to end the "punishing and immoral measures".

future prospects and demands of Hamas

Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi said on Sunday that "the only way to regional stability and the return of the prisoners is the complete implementation of the agreement, starting with the second phase". This phase should negotiate for a permanent ceasefire, the complete withdrawal of the Israeli troops from Gaza, the reconstruction of the enclave and finally the release of prisoners as part of an agreed agreement. "This is our fixed point of view, and we won't deviate from it," added Mardawi.