Israel’s government has publicly dismissed warnings of extreme food shortages after it blocked aid deliveries, but an internal analysis concluded that a crisis looms if food supplies are not restored.

The authority offered scant information about why it issued the ban in January, and it maintained that stance in announcing that it was rescinding it.

Edan Alexander, a dual Israeli American national, was released following pressure from President Trump, who is set to travel to the region.

The announcement, which did not say when the hostage, Edan Alexander, would be set free, came as President Trump planned to visit the region.

When Israel informed the Palestinian Authority that it planned to demolish dozens of buildings in crowded parts of a border city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the notification set off a panic. Hundreds of Palestinians in the border city, Tulkarm …

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