{"id":22428,"date":"2025-05-09T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=22428"},"modified":"2025-05-09T16:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:08:34","slug":"hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands Off but Eyes On as Israel Oversees Gaza Aid From Afar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a disagreement between Chief of Staff Zamir and the political leadership over the distribution of aid in Gaza, the Security Cabinet approved earlier this week, in principle, a new mechanism for delivering humanitarian assistance. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced today (Friday) that Israel is expected to change its system for transferring aid. According to him, the IDF will be responsible for securing the aid corridors, but the actual distribution will be carried out by external organizations and foreign governments.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee | Photo: Hillel Meir, JNS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Preventing Hamas from Seizing the Aid<\/strong>
\n\u201cAid will not be distributed by Israeli soldiers. It will be done by international NGOs and foreign governments, with private security accompanying them,\u201d Huckabee said. \u201cThe IDF will be responsible for securing the areas, but won\u2019t be at the distribution points. This ensures that Hamas cannot divert the aid again. We\u2019ve seen too many cases of that happening already.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody wants to see Hamas get stronger from food intended for hungry civilians,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The New Distribution Framework<\/strong>
\nUnder the new arrangement, Israel will be responsible for securing the areas where distribution takes place but will not be directly involved in delivering food, medicine, or humanitarian supplies to the population.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrivate security companies will accompany humanitarian workers during the food distribution to Gaza residents,\u201d the ambassador said, emphasizing that Israeli forces will not be present at the distribution points themselves but will provide remote security to defend them against attacks by terrorist groups.<\/p>\n

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Humanitarian aid stalled at the entrance to Gaza | Photo: Oren Cohen\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Third-Party Distribution<\/strong>
\nThe task of distributing the aid will fall to international aid organizations and foreign governments, which will oversee the logistics and manage the on-the-ground operations.<\/p>\n

Huckabee noted that several international partners have already agreed to participate in the effort, but since the details with them have not yet been finalized, the organizations cannot be named at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Israel will secure the humanitarian aid crossings into the Gaza Strip, but the distribution will be handled by international organizations and foreign governments; Huckabee: “Nobody wants to see Hamas get stronger.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,77,8,6],"tags":[5403,5402,1476,2424,1477,2047,1475,4049,5195,1529,2687],"class_list":["post-22428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-idf","category-politics","category-security","tag-food-distribution","tag-foreign-governments","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-strip","tag-hamas","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-idf","tag-international-aid","tag-israel-us","tag-israeli-security","tag-mike-huckabee"],"yoast_head":"\nHands Off but Eyes On as Israel Oversees Gaza Aid From Afar - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hands Off but Eyes On as Israel Oversees Gaza Aid From Afar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israel will secure the humanitarian aid crossings into the Gaza Strip, but the distribution will be handled by international organizations and foreign governments; Huckabee: "Nobody wants to see Hamas get stronger."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-09T12:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-09T13:08:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-61.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Rega News Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce\"},\"headline\":\"Hands Off but Eyes On as Israel Oversees Gaza Aid From Afar\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-09T12:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-09T13:08:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/\"},\"wordCount\":353,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-61.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"food distribution\",\"foreign governments\",\"Gaza\",\"Gaza Strip\",\"Hamas\",\"humanitarian aid\",\"IDF\",\"International Aid\",\"Israel-US\",\"Israeli Security\",\"Mike Huckabee\"],\"articleSection\":[\"FOOD\",\"IDF\",\"POLITICS\",\"SECURITY\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/hands-off-but-eyes-on-as-israel-oversees-gaza-aid-from-afar\/\",\"name\":\"Hands Off but Eyes On as Israel Oversees Gaza Aid From Afar - 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