Israel has stepped up the tempo and intensity of attacks across Gaza in recent days and maintains certain restrictions on aid, meaning necessary volumes of humanitarian supplies cannot reach people. Luciano Zaccara, a Middle East political analyst, has told Al Jazeera that the measures Israel is taking are “not necessary to take these kinds of severe attacks against the population”. “At the end of the day, these are targeting people, children, livelihoods of people in Gaza. There is nothing that justifies this kind of behaviour,” he said.
