Within six weeks, eight emergency distribution centers will operate in the Gaza Strip to provide food for the population expected to gather in the southern Strip as part of Operation "Gideon's Chariots II," during which Israel intends to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians currently in Gaza City, Israel Hayom has learned.
Currently, three distribution points operate in the Gaza Strip (following the closure of one) – in the Saudi neighborhood, near the Morag axis, and near the Netzarim corridor. In the coming days, the establishment of two additional distribution points in the Tel Sultan neighborhood will be completed. According to sources involved in the details, three more distribution points will be established later, and in total, within approximately six weeks, eight distribution points will operate in the Strip, managed by the American GHF company.
On Wednesday, the GHF Foundation reported that more than 2.5 million weekly family packages have been distributed to date. Each package suffices for a family of five for five to seven days. Each emergency distribution center distributes between 10,000 and 15,000 weekly food packages daily.
Video: The establishment and construction of humanitarian aid distribution centers in Gaza. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Currently, Israel does not intend to stop food trucks from entering Gaza either, especially after Hamas' starvation campaign, but with the beginning of operations in the northern Strip, Israeli decision-makers will need to examine the question of directing trucks to the northern Strip, since the Israeli interest is evacuating the population from Gaza City southward.
Simultaneously, to avoid as many accusations as possible from the international community, Israel ensured the connection of a power line to the water desalination facility in Deir al-Balah, in addition to an Emirati water line arriving from Egypt, and the repair of water lines arriving from Israel to Bani Suheila and Breikhat Sa'id. Israel emphasizes that Gaza has sufficient water thanks to two desalination facilities and the Emirati water line, but nevertheless, for any trouble that should not come, there are also three water lines from Israel – one of them currently active and two others under repair.
Meanwhile, out of approximately 800,000 Palestinian citizens in Gaza City, only about 70,000 have moved south, and the number increases by several thousand additional people daily. Security establishment sources make clear that Hamas does everything to prevent the population from moving southward, understanding that it will be in trouble if the population serving as human shields leaves the place where the army enters.
