Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G Israeli naval forces boarded and seized a charity vessel trying to break a naval blockade of the war-torn Gaza Strip on Monday (June 9). The British-flagged yacht, Madleen,

Israel’s use of aid as a weapon of war has provoked outrage. It has prevented essential supplies from entering Gaza. And yet its new effort to distribute aid is also proving deeply controversial. Hamas says it is a front for the idf. International aid organisations have decried it. What is this new network and what is it trying to do?

Multiple aid workers were killed after a bus was attacked in Gaza on Wednesday night, according to a US-backed humanitarian aid organization which accused Hamas of carrying out the assault.

A humanitarian worker in the territory explains how the situation has devolved in recent weeks—and what she’s doing for her own family.