Israel suspends delivery of supplies to Gaza, amidst aid on truce

“Israel will not allow a ceasefire without the liberation of our hostages,” said the prime minister, announcing the suspension of all deliveries of goods and supplies to the Gaza Strip. “If Hamas persists in his refusal, there will be additional consequences,” he threatened.

“No truck has entered Gaza this morning and none will enter” until new order, wrote Omer Dostri, Netanyahu spokesman at X. “The cargo truck trains currently on their way to Gaza come to the passage just to find that it is closed and the entrance is prohibited.”

Impact on negotiations

Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters that the decision to suspend deliveries would impact negotiations, adding that the Islamic group does not “respond to pressure.” Both sides disagree with what to do after the end of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.

The first phase involved the delivery of 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for about 2,000 prisoners and detainees held in Israeli arrests. The fighting were interrupted and the Israeli troops withdrew from some positions in Gaza.

The Israeli government approved a last -minute proposal for Steve Witkoff, sent from US President Donald Trump to the Middle East to resolve the impasse, and requires Hamas to agree. The text predicts that half of the hostages kept in Gaza, alive and dead, be released on the first day of the ceasefire and extend the current truce to the Jewish Easter and the Muslim Ramadan in mid-April.