Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the resumption of aid to the Gaza Strip during a press conference, stating: 'To maintain our operational freedom and allow our good friends to continue supporting us, we must allow humanitarian aid.' According to him, Israel's 'friends' told him: 'We cannot accept a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.' Netanyahu added: 'We know that Hamas is looting a significant portion of the aid and selling the rest at inflated prices to fund its terror army. We are eliminating them while they are recruiting.' Additionally, Netanyahu claimed that at the end of Operation 'Gideon's Chariots,' 'all areas of the Gaza Strip will be under Israel's security control and Hamas will be defeated.'