AIsraeli drones buzz the general costs and food supplies decrease, Oday Basheer moves quietly through Deir al-Balah, helping to manage community cuisine for displaced Palestinians. The daily threat of air strikes has become a routine. “It's just a press and my story is over,” he says.
Basheer, whose kitchen has teamed up with World Central Kitchen (WCK), no longer follows the headlines. “No one comes. No one is going to arrest this war.”
On Monday, Israel confirmed what many in Gaza feared: its soldiers will indefinitely seize the territory, calling tens of thousands of reservists to considerably extend operations. The calendar, according to a defense official, addressing the Associated Press, could depend on President Trump's visit to the region next month.
“I will not have the dreams I wanted to make,” said Basheer in Gaza. “More than 50,000 people were killed during this genocide.”
WCK has suspended operations in Gaza twice in the past year after Israeli strikes killed seven in April 2024 and Last November three.
In April, at least 408 humanitarian workers were killed, deepening the crisis of the 2 million residents of Gaza who have already undergone an almost total blockade.
How will Israel are broadening military operations?
The war began after a terrorist attack in Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals on October 7, 2023, activists entering some 250 hostages. On May 6, more than 52,000 Palestinians were killedAccording to his Ministry of Health.
The Israel's plan marks a turning point in the country's war strategy – The one that NGOs and human rights groups provide will only widen the humanitarian disaster inside Gaza.
While Israeli forces previously advanced deep in Gaza during the war, a sustained military presence was largely confined to a buffer area of 1 km along the border. In April, this area was extended, refusing to the Palestinians access to more than half of the territory.
“There will be no stay,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video published on social networks. “We are not going to enter and then leave the area, only to make raids afterwards. This is not the plan. Intention is the opposite. “
“We want an Israeli security check,” said Eli Cohen, a member of the Israeli security firm Israeli public radio Kan. “It means that everywhere in Gaza, at any time, we can act.”
“We are not interested in managing civil life. We are talking about four things: Israeli security control, Hamas not being the sovereign, demilitarization and the voluntary emigration plan of President Trump,” he said.
Israeli defense forces have refused the request for time comments.
The spokesman for the United States National Security Council, Brian Hughes, said that “President Trump remains determined to ensure the immediate release of hostages and the end of the Hamas rule in Gaza”.
Within Israel, hostage families still owned by Hamas criticized the new military strategy. The Smarting and Disappeared Families Forum said Haaretz The government's plan favors the territory on lives. “This decision will be remembered as a cry for generations,” said the group.
As part of the new strategy, Israel also plans to revise the distribution of aid, moving the responsibility of the UN and towards controlled Israeli centers.
The United Nations humanitarian team in the occupied Palestinian territory critical The proposal, warning that it risks forcing civilians in militarized areas and violates humanitarian principles.
Medical aid for Palestinians has also condemned the plan of Israel, calling it “dangerous attempt at humanitarian aid”.
In the press release, the acting CEO, Stephen Cutts, said: “This plan violates the main humanitarian principles of neutrality, independence and impartiality, and knowingly deprive millions of vital aid.”
How much food and help between Gaza?
Two days after Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, Israel announced a complete blockade of help Enter Gaza, including electricity, fuel and water. This blockade was in force until October 21 later this month.
Israel has resumed attacks on the Gaza Strip in March, ending a cease-fire contract with Hamas in place for almost two months. Since then, there has also been a 'Almost total blockade on the delivery of the aid“Enter the territory according to the United Nations.
Basheer says that he and his family helped Deir al-Balah cuisine to cook and distribute food from their home every day for displaced families.
“Everyone needs food now because they can't get it from the markets,” says Basheer.
Juliette Touma, director of communications for UNRWA, says that the Gaza humanitarian crisis is getting worse every week.
“These are the basics of the survival of human beings, nothing has been authorized. It's more than two months now, ”she said on time.
What part of Gaza was destroyed?
In April, the UN estimated that around 92% of all Gaza residential buildings have been damaged or destroyed – equivalent to around 436,000 houses.
This created nearly 50 million tonnes of debris, which could take decades to erase completely in current conditions. The UN estimates that 11,000 bodies are still trapped under rubble on the band.
The Gaza's education system has also collapsed. According to A March reportMore than 95% of Gaza schools have been damaged and 62% of the schools used as shelters for displaced civilians were hit directly.
