Hamas accuses Israel of weaponising aid as Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens | Gaza News

Israel’s defence minister says blockade is a ‘pressure lever’ against Hamas and there are no plans to ease it.

Hamas has accused Israel of openly using starvation as a weapon of war, a day after Israel’s defence minister pledged to maintain a blockade on aid entering Gaza.

Aid deliveries into the Palestinian territory have been halted since March 2, weeks before Israel broke a temporary ceasefire by restarting aerial bombardment on March 18 and later relaunched its ground…