Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to implement daily humanitarian pauses in fighting and increase aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip without consulting his far-right coalition partners, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The decision, made during a Saturday conference call with a small group of senior ministers, included air drops of aid and ten-hour daily pauses in military operations. Ben Gvir, a vocal opponent of humanitarian aid to Gaza, was informed after the fact and expressed anger, accusing Netanyahu of excluding him due to his opposition. The move comes amid mounting international concern over severe malnutrition and famine-like conditions in Gaza, with Israeli officials blaming aid access issues on international organizations, while denying claims of widespread famine.