Israel's reopening of aid routes a 'game changer' to people starving in Gaza Israel announced earlier Friday that it would allow "temporary" aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza, hours after Washington warned of a sharp shift in its policy over Israel's war against Hamas. Israel's promise would be a "game changer" and would make "huge differences" to the current humanitarian situation in the Strip, Media advisor for the Norwegian Refugee Council in the Middle East Ahmed Bayram told FRANCE 24.