Tel Aviv's cutting off aid to Gaza attempt to force Trump's hand

Despite the strong opposition of the United Nations and other humanitarian aid providers, in an alarming move that the UN warns violates international law, Israel unilaterally cut off the entry of all food and other goods into Gaza on Sunday.

The move, which came the moment the first phase of the ceasefire ended, pushed the more than 2 million Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip to the brink of famine.

To divert attention from it being the party walking away from the hard-earned three-phase ceasefire agreement, Israel has said it supports what the Benjamin Netanyahu government calls a new United States' proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire through the Jewish holiday of Passover in mid-April instead of beginning negotiations on the far more difficult second phase.