Concerns raised in a confidential planning document appear prescient, with humanitarian groups, possible donors and some senior IDF officers questioning the plan.

Israel is set to allow aid into the Gaza Strip for the first time in months following increased pressure from the nation's allies to prevent Palestinians from buckling under the weight of famine altogether.

Israeli troops "will stay and hold the ground in areas we've already fought for longer," an IDF spokesperson told Newsweek.

Asim Iftikhar spells out steps at preparatory session for June conference to preserve Palestinian statehood viability.

During today's U.S. State Department press briefing, spokesperson Tammy Bruce discussed the United States' efforts to get humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Gaza The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached a critical level, with no deliveries of aid reaching the north and only a trickle getting through in the south – nowhere near enough to end the extreme levels of hunger,

The U.N. said about 90 truckloads of supplies had begun to arrive at warehouses and other sites in the devastated territory. It was the first significant influx after a two-month Israeli blockade.