Israel Stops Supply Of Aid To Gaza, Tuding Hamas Mengarah

JAKARTA - Israel stopped supply of aid to Gaza for two days to prevent Hamas from seizing it. This decision was taken after a video circulated of people wearing face-on on aid trucks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a joint statement with Israeli Defense Minister Katz, said he ordered the military to submit a plan within two days to prevent Hamas from taking over.

The decision was taken after Netanyahu and Katz cited new information showing Hamas confiscating aid aimed at civilians in northern Gaza.

The video, which circulated on Wednesday, June 25, shows dozens of masked men, some armed with rifles but mostly carrying sticks, getting into aid trucks.

An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the aid deliveries were temporarily suspended for two days to give the military time to develop a new plan.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli prime minister's office, the defense ministry, or the Israeli military.

The High Commission on Tribal Affairs, which represents influential clans in the region, said trucks had been protected as part of the aid security process managed "only through tribal efforts".

The commission said there were no Palestinian factions, referring to Hamas, who took part in the process.

Hamas, the militant group that ruled Gaza for more than two decades but now only controls parts of the region, has denied involvement.

During the war, many clans, civil society groups, and factions - including Hamas' secular political rival Fatah - intervened to help provide security for aid convoys.

The clans consisting of a large family connected through blood and marriage have long been a fundamental part of Gazan society.