The Israeli military has dismissed media reports saying the army would allow aid deliveries into the besieged Gaza Strip in response to international pressure and to avoid facing legal consequences, Al Jazeera reports.

“The army was working on a pilot project to distribute aid to the population while not delivering any to Hamas”, Al Jazeera quotes Yedioth Ahronoth, an Israeli daily mass market newspaper.

Israel’s Finance Minister Smotrich dismissed the report, saying, “Not a single grain of wheat will enter the territory.”

Denying the media reports, the army said on X: “Following this morning’s announcement about humanitarian aid, the [Israeli army] is acting in accordance with the directives of the political echelon … Israel is not and will not transfer any aid to Hamas.”

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