The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office acknowledged the “difficult” humanitarian situation in Gaza but noted that it would continue to work with humanitarian groups to facilitate aid distribution in a Monday statement.
“We already allow significant amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza every single day, including food, water, and medicine,” the statement read.
"While the situation in Gaza is difficult and Israel has been working to ensure aid delivery, Hamas benefits from attempting to fuel the perception of a humanitarian crisis."
The PMO noted that the IDF had paused operations in Gaza from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day and designated secure routes from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. to ensure the safe passage of aid convoys.
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This comes after US President Donald Trump said he disagreed with Netanyahu, "that there is no hunger in Gaza because they look very hungry."
"There are people who are hungry in Gaza - we are helping them, but other countries need to help as well," he continued.
He also said that the US was going to set up food centers with other countries and pledged to be more involved.
“We’re going to set up food centers, and we’re going to do it in conjunction with some very good people, and we’re going to supply funds, and we just took in trillions of dollars, we got a lot of money, and we’re going to spend a little money on some food, and other nations are joining us,” Trump said. “So, we’re going to set up food centers where the people can walk in and there no boundaries. We’re not going to have fences.
“That’s real starvation stuff. I see it, and you can’t fake that. So, we’re going to be even more involved.”
Previously, the IDF noted that the food security situation in Gaza was at a difficult point but stressed it was not at a level indicating famine.
At this time, the military is attempting to persuade the UN and other aid organizations to dispatch approximately 900 aid trucks to distribution points.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Corinne Baum contributed to this report.