Tel Aviv, June 26 -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz on Thursday ordered the military to produce an action plan within 48 hours to stop Hamas from seizing humanitarian aid entering northern Gaza.

"Following information received today that Hamas is once again taking control of the humanitarian aid... and stealing it from civilians, the Prime Minister and Defence Minister instructed the IDF to present... an action plan to prevent Hamas from taking control of the aid," they said in a joint statement.

According to Israel's Channel 12 News, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has already suspended aid deliveries until its plan is submitted.

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