Israel announces reopening of 'temporary' aid routes into Gaza Israel announced on Friday that it would allow "temporary" aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, hours after the United States warned of a sharp shift in its policy over Israel's war against Hamas militants. In a tense, 30-minute phone call on Thursday, US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that United States policy on Israel was dependent on the protection of civilians and aid workers in Gaza, the first hint of possible conditions to Washington's military support.