What’s wrong with that? Because it is Israel, the country that can in the eyes of so many do nothing right, that made the plan, it must be rejected out of hand. Yet everyone knows — even Francesca Albanese can’t deny it — that for the past 19 months, Hamas has been seizing large amounts of the humanitarian aid sent into Gaza, and keeping it for its own members and their extended families. In addition, Hamas keeps another large tranche of that aid which it then sells to the plain people of Gaza — the very aid they were supposed to receive for free. Israel has come up with a well-thought-out, extremely detailed plan to deliver the aid, and bypass the thieves of Hamas. Yet the world, so ready to malign the Jewish state, rejects this plan. Apparently our Great and Good — the UN secretary-general, the editorial page writers of the New York Times, the entire staff of the BBC — would prefer that the aid be sent to Gaza, as in the past, unguarded and therefore straight into the grasping hands of Hamas. At all costs, we must prevent Israel from looking good.
Here, thanks to the diligent work of Elder of Ziyon, is what the Israeli government now plans to do in order to distribute the aid directly into the hands of the Gazans: “Israel’s elaborate mechanism to bypass Hamas for aid to Gazans proves ‘starvation as weapon’ is a slander,” Elder of Ziyon, May 6, 2025:
Israel is implementing a complex system to bring aid into Gaza. As JNS reports:
Three designated distribution centers will be established in Rafah, which will serve as the central hub for aid to the entire Gaza Strip. Each Gazan family will be represented by a single, registered individual authorized to collect a weekly food allotment, calibrated to meet survival needs—approximately 70 kilograms per household—without creating surpluses that could be exploited by terrorist groups.
Distribution will be managed via a formal registration process overseen by vetted NGOs and American private contractors. A senior Israeli security official emphasized that the new system aims to eliminate Hamas’s ability to intercept or steal bulk shipments.
“Hamas will find it much harder to seize aid from Gazan families,” the official said. “It’s one thing to hijack a supply truck. It’s another to rob food directly from the hands of hungry civilians.”
It strikes me that the logistics involved here are Herculean. Israel is setting up an entire distribution system, from trucks to recipients, from scratch, not relying on any existing systems – because Hamas is embedded in all the existing systems, including the NGOs.
The logistics are mind-boggling:
Construction or repurposing of secure aid distribution centers (three hubs in Rafah).
Probable establishment of temporary warehouses to store and protect incoming aid shipments.
Installation of perimeter fencing, controlled entry/exit points, and crowd management systems.
Creation of transport corridors from Kerem Shalom or other crossings to Rafah hubs.
Comprehensive civilian registration system – likely including family rosters and IDs, identifying the allowed family member
Biometric screening technology, including fingerprint or facial recognition, to prevent fraud or impersonation.
Pre-verification protocols for NGOs and individuals interacting with the system.
Weekly aid allotment calculation per household (~70kg) based on nutritional survival standards.
Tracking software to prevent duplicate pickups and monitor usage patterns.
Color-coded cards or tokens issued to approved family representatives.
Deployment of IDF personnel for security and perimeter control.
Hiring of American private contractors to manage logistics, data handling, and neutral oversight….
Look at the full list here. Think of how much detailed planning went into it. Yet there are still those who won’t accept it because, after all, it’s a plan by “the Zionist colonial-settlers” who’ve been guilty of “genocide,” and who wants to approve anything they propose?
If that Israel plan is not accepted, if aid is again delivered into the hands of Hamas before a pitiful remainder is left for the Gazans to share, then the world must be reminded of all that Israel was ready, willing, and able to do, to feed the people of Gaza while keeping Hamas from stealing so much of it, if only a malevolent world would let it.
somehistory says
How will they tell the difference? Will those “gazans” who celebrated the strangling deaths of the Israeli babies be fed?
commonsense says
Agreed. Israel’s unwarranted kindness to the Gaza “cuvilians” is infuriating. As Hugh Fitzgerald. might say, Israel is unwittingly providing proleptic jizya to these monsters who ululated with joy over the murders of 1200 Israelis, including infants. When will Israel stop cosseting its enemies, who will never stop trying to kill them?
commonsense says
Civilians, not cuvilians.
Tony Rice says
Expect the B B C and U N to broadcast false information re this.
rick says
Against the plan. More Israeli soldiers will be lost than in “caring” for palestinians than in the case of combat only. The job of caring for palestinians will be much greater than Israel expects. The only thing to come out of it will be worldwide denunciation of Israel as an “Occupier” and land thief. It will backfire and Hamas will be laughing. Expect a new round of UN Resolutions denouncing Israel and even more marches for Hamas. And Hamas will be joining the hordes of Palestinians in the “safe zones” Israel sets up.
somehistory says
Probably on all points, Rick.
commonsense says
+1
abu taleb says
If muslims have the “upper hand”, they will not put extra effort toward non muslims like what Israel does to the Palestines. Muslims will simply ask whether they are muslims or not, and recite some Quranic verses to prove. If non muslims, then the muslims will either shot them, or rape them and make them slaves.
And muslims are proud of it.
ploome says
waste of time and money
let the arabs/muslims feed them
Taffy says
Well as they say, “the best laid plans of mice and men…”
The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel will not be in charge of aid distribution:
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-853334
Keys says
What’s to stop Hamas from going “door to door” to take the weekly food allotment, or part of it (so it keeps coming)?
Seems to me that the only way to solve this is to completely isolate the “non-hamas” population to feed only them. As others have said, how do you identify them? How could you isolate them?
But the Israelis know this – and much more, no doubt.