PM: Israel to ensure ‘large amounts’ of aid enter Gaza

Israel will continue cooperating with international organizations, the United States and European nations to ensure that “large amounts” of humanitarian aid reach the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday night.

As part of that effort, the Israeli military has paused operations daily in key populated areas of Gaza, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and designated secure routes, from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., to facilitate the safe passage of aid convoys.

“We already allow significant amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza every single day, including food, water and medicine,” said Netanyahu.

The Israel Defense Forces announced Tuesday that, in coordination with the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Egypt, they airdropped 52 food aid packages to both southern and northern Gaza as part of ongoing international efforts to improve humanitarian conditions in the Strip, while denying claims of deliberate starvation.

“Unfortunately, Hamas, which openly uses civilians as human shields, operates from hospitals and uses schools and kindergartens to store weapons, has been stealing aid from the Gaza population, many times by shooting Palestinians,” he added.

While acknowledging that the situation in Gaza is “difficult,” Netanyahu emphasized that Hamas has an interest in fueling the perception of a humanitarian crisis.

“They have been releasing unverified numbers to the news media while circulating images that are carefully staged or manipulated by Hamas,” he said.

“We are fighting a just war, a moral war, a war for our survival,” he continued. “No country in the world would allow the continued rule in neighboring territory of a terror group bent on its destruction—that already stormed across its borders in a genocidal attack, as Hamas did on Oct. 7, [2023] when it butchered over 1,200 innocent people, burned babies alive, and slaughtered teenagers at a music festival.”

“Hamas boasts they will repeat the Oct. 7 massacre over and over,” he said.

“We’ll continue to act responsibly, as we always have, and we’ll continue to seek the return of our hostages and the defeat of Hamas,” Netanyahu said. “That is the only way to secure peace for Israelis and Palestinians alike.”

The IDF released additional footage of Hamas terrorists on Tuesday looting humanitarian aid trucks “for its own use.”

“In recent weeks, the Hamas terrorist organization has spread false claims about a deliberate starvation campaign in Gaza,” according to the IDF. “In the footage filmed on July 25, 2025, armed Hamas terrorists are seen violently looting humanitarian aid that had been transferred into the Gaza Strip, preventing it from reaching the civilian population.

“Even when aid is delivered into Gaza—Hamas loots it for its own use, blatantly disregarding the needs of the population,” added the statement.