The Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported on Tuesday that the Israeli military has developed a plan for the distribution of humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip. Under this plan, the management and distribution of humanitarian assistance in the sector will be undertaken by large families locally known as “Hamail.”
The plan is scheduled to be presented to the Security Cabinet today for approval. These Hamail are recognized by the General Security Service (Shabak) and the residents in the sector. The report also mentioned that the sector would be divided into provinces and sub-provinces, each controlled by a clan or a large family.
Additionally, it was pointed out that these large families would manage civilian life in the sector during the transitional period following the war until a permanent management for the sector is arranged.
A few days ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked security officials to explore if there are local forces in the Gaza Strip with whom cooperation is possible and can be used in managing the sector’s affairs after the war. The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Friday that Netanyahu, who refuses to hold discussions regarding the “day after” the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, inquired whether it would be possible to strengthen the position of armed clans and local entities and support them so that they could control parts of the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu’s approach comes at a time when he announced that he refuses to hand over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority after the war, upholding his famous slogan “No Hamasstan or Fatahstan.”
Netanyahu seeks to find an entity to manage civil affairs while the army maintains security control. This concept is in conflict with the United States, Israel’s main ally in the war, which rejects the reoccupation of any part of the Gaza Strip or its reduction in size and supports a single “qualified” Palestinian Authority governing both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
In the third and final phase, the United States is pushing Israel to start more precise operations leading to the day after the war, but Netanyahu is delaying this. He canceled a war cabinet discussion of the details of “the day after the war” in the Gaza Strip due to “pressures exerted by partners in the government coalition.”
Yedioth Ahronoth noted that no alternative proposal has been presented at the Israeli level so far because Netanyahu rejects everything. Netanyahu’s request regarding how to address the situation in the Gaza Strip after the day following the war comes at a time when Israel deepened its ground incursion in the Khan Yunis area in the southern Gaza Strip, an area where Israel believes it might reach the leader of the “Hamas” movement, Yahya Sinwar.
Gaza is witnessing a new day of escalation and fighting on Tuesday, as the war in the sector nears the end of its third month, with the most prominent headline being the humanitarian suffering and catastrophic conditions experienced by the Palestinian people under the weight of Israeli bombing, displacement, and shortages of food, drink, and medical supplies. Meanwhile, international mediators continue their efforts to seek a new ceasefire.
