The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor stated that the currently circulating Israeli plan regarding humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is merely a new maneuver aimed at prolonging the blockade imposed on the territory.

In a statement released today, the Euro-Med Monitor said the Israeli plan is designed to entrench comprehensive control over the entire cycle of humanitarian aid — from determining the type and quantity of aid and the mechanism for its entry, to the storage locations, distribution mechanisms, and the specific groups allowed access. According to the plan, the Israeli army would build aid distribution complexes in parts of Gaza, where Palestinian families would be permitted to access the centers once a week to receive one aid package per family, enough to last seven days. An American private company is expected to manage the logistical aspects.

The Israeli authorities claim that the mechanism is intended to prevent aid from reaching Hamas or being used to support its activities. However, the Monitor argues that this approach entrenches complete control over the lives of civilians and turns food, medicine, and water into tools of collective blackmail. It further facilitates the forced relocation of civilians from their homes to the designated aid distribution areas, enabling the Israeli army to empty wide residential zones in Gaza.

The Monitor warned that these areas could later be reclassified as closed military zones or logistical corridors, integrated with military and civilian infrastructure funded by international entities under a humanitarian guise. This would lend the Israeli presence a de facto legitimacy, making any future withdrawal almost impossible. Consequently, what begins as temporary control tied to aid distribution could become a gateway to redrawing Gaza’s geographic reality under the pretext of addressing "humanitarian needs."