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Amid this intensification, Israel is establishing a new aid distribution framework inside Gaza. Four complexes, operated with assistance from hundreds of US contractors, aim to deliver essential supplies to Palestinian families. Families are required to send representatives every five days to receive aid, a process that has garnered criticism from the UN and humanitarian organizations. They argue that the system endangers civilians by forcing them to traverse war zones and compromises neutrality because aid distribution is tightly controlled by Israeli authorities. This new effort follows a prolonged blockade that caused severe shortages of food, fuel, and medicine, prompting widespread international condemnation—including calls for sanctions from some European allies.