The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip warned on Monday of Israeli attempts to implement schemes by establishing or using security companies and suspicious entities linked to them to distribute humanitarian aid in the Strip.

The office said in a statement: "We affirm that these plans will not pass. We are monitoring them closely and will take the necessary measures to prevent them from being imposed on our Palestinian people."

IT added, "We will not allow the occupation's plans to control aid and impose starvation to proceed. We will confront them by all means and refuse to circumvent international law."

It continued: "In light of the ongoing war of genocide and ethnic cleansing being waged against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and within the framework of the systematic policy of blockade and starvation, the occupation continues to completely close the crossings."

It added that Israel has been preventing the entry of humanitarian aid for more than a month and a half, "in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law."

The office called on the United Nations to "provide relief to Palestinian refugees and those living under occupation, and to fulfill its responsibilities in managing and distributing humanitarian aid with impartiality and transparency."

It stressed that "any interference in the humanitarian aid file by illegitimate or suspicious parties outside of international legitimacy will not be permitted, and we will confront it by all available means, based on our national, moral, and humanitarian responsibility toward our people in the Gaza Strip."

Early last week, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the Israeli army "is preparing a pilot program to distribute food supplies to Palestinians without Hamas, and this will likely take place in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip." The newspaper noted that the program's implementation "is subject to the approval of the political leadership in Israel."

The newspaper explained that the Israeli army intends to engage international relief organizations to distribute food under the supervision of its soldiers and at centers under its control in the Gaza Strip.

For its part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that the report published by Yedioth Ahronoth regarding the proposed mechanism for distributing aid in Gaza was "incorrect."

Since March 2, the Israeli military has been preventing the entry of essential supplies, including food and water, into the Gaza Strip after closing the crossings, causing a humanitarian disaster and worsening famine.

Israel has been blockading Gaza for the 18th year, leaving approximately 1.5 million of its 2.4 million Palestinian citizens homeless after their homes were destroyed in the war of extermination. The Strip has entered a state of famine due to Tel Aviv's closure of the crossings to humanitarian aid.