Aaron

Israeli leaders begin starting a drumbeat of threats and warnings.

Which suggests that they are going to launch a major ground offensive in Gaza that could potentially upend everything in the Gaza Strip.

Which suggests that they are going to launch a major ground offensive in Gaza that could potentially upend everything in the Gaza Strip.

That's what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is talking about. And I think all of this together has really begun to cause a dramatic shift in the way that even Israel's traditional allies are talking about Israeli policy toward Gaza.

That's what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is talking about. And I think all of this together has really begun to cause a dramatic shift in the way that even Israel's traditional allies are talking about Israeli policy toward Gaza.

So this week we saw Canada, Britain and France come out with some of the strongest condemnations of Israel. the Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip. We also saw the new pope call for the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and for the war to come to an end.

So this week we saw Canada, Britain and France come out with some of the strongest condemnations of Israel. the Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip. We also saw the new pope call for the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and for the war to come to an end.

We also recently saw President Trump discuss the dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

We also recently saw President Trump discuss the dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian critics have argued that the shift has been mostly rhetorical. But Britain on Tuesday actually did announce that it was suspending further negotiations on expanding its free trade agreement with Israel. And this was very clearly a protest against Israeli policies.

Pro-Palestinian critics have argued that the shift has been mostly rhetorical. But Britain on Tuesday actually did announce that it was suspending further negotiations on expanding its free trade agreement with Israel. And this was very clearly a protest against Israeli policies.

Back in January, Israel and Hamas agreed on a ceasefire. The goal of the ceasefire was ultimately to reach an end to the war and free the remaining Israeli and foreign hostages who were still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The first part of the ceasefire is slated to last six weeks. which took Israel and Hamas all the way up to early March.

Back in January, Israel and Hamas agreed on a ceasefire. The goal of the ceasefire was ultimately to reach an end to the war and free the remaining Israeli and foreign hostages who were still held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The first part of the ceasefire is slated to last six weeks. which took Israel and Hamas all the way up to early March.

At that point, both sides were deadlocked over the next steps in the truce. And this is when Israel applies that blockade on Gaza, on all humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip, in what Israeli officials called an attempt to pressure Hamas. Basically, their argument was negotiations over freeing the remaining hostages that Hamas is still holding in Gaza have reached a dead end.

At that point, both sides were deadlocked over the next steps in the truce. And this is when Israel applies that blockade on Gaza, on all humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip, in what Israeli officials called an attempt to pressure Hamas. Basically, their argument was negotiations over freeing the remaining hostages that Hamas is still holding in Gaza have reached a dead end.

and we're going to use every tool at our disposal to pressure hamas to come to the table israel also argues that a lot of the humanitarian aid that goes into gaza is exploited by hamas that hamas either diverts it or takes control of it stores it for its own purposes or makes money off of it so from israel's perspective

and we're going to use every tool at our disposal to pressure hamas to come to the table israel also argues that a lot of the humanitarian aid that goes into gaza is exploited by hamas that hamas either diverts it or takes control of it stores it for its own purposes or makes money off of it so from israel's perspective

This was a key sort of pressure point where they could make their opponents feel the pain. And then two weeks after that blockade begins, Israel resumes attacking Hamas in Gaza, ending the ceasefire.

This was a key sort of pressure point where they could make their opponents feel the pain. And then two weeks after that blockade begins, Israel resumes attacking Hamas in Gaza, ending the ceasefire.

So Gazans who we speak to have talked about street markets that have relatively little food to offer and whatever they do have is at unattainable prices. people scrounging whatever they can from canned food or surviving from basically communal soup kitchens. But even those have also increasingly struggled to keep up their operations as the stockpiles of food in Gaza have dwindled.