The Israeli political-security cabinet will hold a new session next week to continue discussions on the next steps in the war on the Gaza Strip.

This came according to what the newspaper "Israel Hayom" reported on Friday, noting that the session may be held, according to estimates, next Monday.

This came after a cabinet meeting held yesterday evening, during which the newspaper reported that understandings were reached between the army and the political leadership regarding the mechanism for distributing humanitarian aid.

The newspaper did not clarify the nature of these understandings, merely stating that they would be implemented if a decision was made to allow aid into the Gaza Strip.

The occupation authorities have been preventing the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza since March 2, despite the catastrophic humanitarian conditions there.

However, the newspaper reported that the session witnessed sharp disagreements between security chiefs and several ministers regarding the future of military operations and their next stages.

The dispute developed into "sharp verbal altercations and raised voices" during the meeting between the military and political levels, according to Israel Hayom.

As a result, the Israeli military was asked to review the operational plans it had submitted and amend them to align with the majority view in the cabinet, even though ministers were demanding a serious escalation of operations.

Regarding the distribution of aid, the newspaper reported that the army presented updated plans based on the principle insisted upon by cabinet members, which is to "prevent any aid from reaching Hamas."

The army also focused these plans on "reducing security risks to Israeli soldiers" if the aid distribution mechanism were implemented within the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened, during a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, to withdraw from Benjamin Netanyahu's government if humanitarian aid was allowed into the Gaza Strip.

The session witnessed a sharp confrontation between security chiefs and government ministers, led by Smotrich and Yariv Levin (Likud), who demanded that the military assume responsibility for distributing aid.

Accordingly, Netanyahu decided to convene another cabinet meeting on Thursday and asked the military to prepare new plans for distributing aid and present them to the cabinet.

This comes as Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir threatened on Thursday to tighten the noose on Gaza, despite the actual escalation of the war of extermination in recent weeks.

During a field visit to Rafah to assess the situation, Zamir said, "If we don't see progress in returning the hostages, we will expand our activity to a stronger and more significant step until we reach a decisive outcome."

He stated that they will continue what he called "operational pressure" and tighten the noose on Hamas in Gaza "as needed," as he put it.