'Some aid for Gaza' after pressure on Netanyahu

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his decision to resume limited aid to the Gaza Strip came after pressure from allies who said they could not support Israel’s renewed offensive if “images of hunger” come out of the Palestinian territory.

- ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTERS

The announcement raised hope among Palestinians that desperately needed food, medicine and other supplies would enter - but none had appeared by yesterday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Israel has launched a new wave of air and ground operations across the territory, and the army ordered the evacuation of Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, where Israel carried out a massive operation earlier in the war that left much of the area in ruins.

On Sunday, Israel said it would allow a “basic” amount of aid into Gaza to prevent a “hunger crisis” from developing.