Since early March, Israel has blocked all deliveries of aid to the besieged coastal enclave, which is home to around two million Palestinians. According to the plan proposed by the fund, Israeli soldiers will not be involved in securing or distributing the supplies

Trump's administration has communicated to Jerusalem that if Israel does not move forward together with the United States toward an agreement with Hamas, it will be left on its own, according to a source

The two soldiers were named as Sergeant Yishai Elyakim Urbach, 20, and Staff Sergeant Yam Frid, 21, whom Netanyahu said 'fell defending our country in an existential war.' Several other IDF soldiers were wounded in the incidents in which the two soldiers fell.