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The Washington Post quoted a senior US administration official who described what is happening in the Gaza Strip as chaos created by Israel, indicating that Tel Aviv bears responsibility for the mass starvation and lack of aid.

The newspaper also reported, citing American officials, that the crisis in the Gaza Strip stems from what it considered Israel’s failure to develop a practical post-war strategy or plan for the consequences of open military occupation.

For his part, an Israeli official said that Tel Aviv has not yet found what it called a new partner on the ground with regard to providing aid in a better way.

A knowledgeable Israeli official also indicated that it is not possible to find a family in Gaza that can impose the required control, and that the Hamas movement is not the only obstacle, as he put it.

The head of the Supreme Tribal Committee in the Gaza Strip, Abu Salman Al-Mughni, stressed that the tribes cannot accept being an alternative to the government or to whomever the people have chosen, indicating that the task of the tribes is to preserve the social fabric and support the government in performing its work.

Earlier, sources told Al Jazeera that the coordinator of Israeli government activities in the Gaza Strip personally contacted the notables of Gaza families, but they rejected his offer of cooperation.

These sources indicated that family notables in Gaza informed UN officials in a meeting on Wednesday of their refusal to cooperate except through the security services in Gaza.

She added that the families' notables expressed their willingness to cooperate in bringing in and distributing aid, on the condition of coordination with the security services in Gaza.

Hamas praised the tribes' refusal "to respond to the malicious plans of the Zionist occupation."

Hamas said that the position of Gaza's notables and clans confirms support for the resistance, the government, and the police and security services.

She stated that this position confirms the rejection of the occupation’s attempts to tamper with the Palestinian national unity.

The movement also stressed that this position proves the unity and cohesion of Palestinian society behind the option of resistance and national unity.

Source: Al Jazeera + American press