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Israel Halts Entry of Aid into Gaza
Business Standard
|March 03, 2025
Israel announced on Sunday morning that it was halting the entry of all goods and humanitarian assistance into Gaza immediately, hours after proposing a temporary extension of the now-expired ceasefire with Hamas.
The drastic step to block aid appeared to be aimed at pressuring Hamas into accepting the new framework — and to make the Israeli government's negotiating position clear.
Under Israel's proposal for an extension, which it attributed to the US envoy to the region, Steve Witkoff, half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza would be released to Israel on the first day of the agreement. If, at the end of the temporary extension — stretching until the end of Passover on April 20 — a permanent truce had been reached, the rest of the hostages would then be returned.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that he had decided that, "as of this morning, all entry of goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip will cease" because of "Hamas's refusal to accept the Witkoff outline for continuing talks, to which Israel agreed."
This story is from the March 03, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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