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Israel: Aid Entering Gaza Will Go to Southern Areas, Doesn't Include Fuel

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid drive through the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid drive through the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
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Israel: Aid Entering Gaza Will Go to Southern Areas, Doesn't Include Fuel

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid drive through the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid drive through the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

The Israeli military said on Saturday that humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip would go only to southern areas of the enclave, where it has urged Palestinian civilians to congregate to avoid its fighting with Hamas.
In a televised briefing, chief spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the aid shipments would not include fuel, reported Reuters.
He gave 210 as the updated number of hostages held by Hamas since its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and said around a fifth of Palestinian rockets launched since Friday had fallen short within Gaza due to misfires, causing fatalities.

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Blinken to G7: Iran, Hezbollah Could Start Attacking Israel as Early as Monday

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Munkhbayar Magvandorj)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Munkhbayar Magvandorj)
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Blinken to G7: Iran, Hezbollah Could Start Attacking Israel as Early as Monday

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Munkhbayar Magvandorj)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Munkhbayar Magvandorj)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his counterparts from the G7 countries that Iran and Hezbollah could start attacking Israel as early as Monday, US news service Axios reported.

But Blinken, according to Axios, which cited three sources briefed on the call, said it was unclear how Iran and Hezbollah would attack and did not know the exact timing.

There are mounting fears that Israel's war against Palestinian militants in Gaza could escalate into a wider Middle East conflict.

Iran and Hamas have blamed Israel for the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, and they, together with Hezbollah, have vowed revenge.

An Israeli strike in Beirut has also killed Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah military commander.

When asked about the Axios report, the State Department referred to a readout of the call, where it said the ministers discussed "the urgent need for de-escalation in the Middle East."

The Pentagon said on Friday it would deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the region.

"The overall goal is to turn the temperature down in the region, deter and defend against those attacks, and avoid regional conflict," Jonathan Finer, the White House's deputy national security adviser, said on CBS' "Face the Nation" program.

The US and Israel are preparing for every possibility, Finer added.
There was a "very close call" of regional conflagration in April, Finer said, when Iran launched an attack on Israeli territory with drones and missiles after what it called an Israeli strike on its consulate in Damascus on April 1 that killed seven officers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Syrian capital.