May 18 (UPI) -- Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night allowed the immediate resumption of humanitarian aid, including food and medicine, for Palestinians in Gaza . Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was among the leaders opposing the decision, but the security cabinet did not take a vote on the matter. "On the recommendation of the IDF, and out of the operational need to enable the expansion of the intense fighting to defeat Hamas , Israel will introduce a basic amount of food to