Israel says it will facilitate aid into Gaza

 

A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will "facilitate humanitarian support" getting into Gaza as the fighting resumes.

Speaking at a press conference, Mark Regev says Israel will "do everything we can to keep Gazan civilians outside of the crossfire" between the IDF (the Israeli military) and Hamas.

He also urges humanitarian organisations to be on the ground in "designated safer areas where we expect civilians to congregate" until the fighting is over.

Some 50 lorries carrying aid entered Gaza earlier today - the first since the ceasefire deal collapsed on Friday - but aid agencies have warned it is not enough.

Around 200 lorries a day had been getting in for the week of the truce. Previously humanitarian organisations have warned more than 100 are needed daily to support the more than two million people who live in Gaza.

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