>> Is Israel okay with all this?
My guess is “hell no!” but they’re good at realpolitik and with G-D’s help they will deal with it.
I wonder if the new port could meet a similar fate of say perhaps a certain recent mysterious underwater pipeline sabotage...
Israel is fine with this. The aid will go to Cyprus where Israeli officials will inspect it before it goes to Gaza. Israel and Cyprus are partners in a major gas pipeline project to bring natgas to Europe so they are natural allies in this respect. They have cooperation in place.
But more than that, under the surface it means that there will be no serious pressure to relent in the pursuit of eliminating Hamas. The only real “objections” to the war are the civilian deaths and the humanitarian aid. Take the humanitarian aid issue off the table and Hamas loses half their PR propaganda. And watch how this plays out on the ground. The people will naturally gravitate towards the aid. But Israel controls the ground. So the civilians will move out of the way making room for Israel to make the last push onto Rafah and southern Gaza to eliminate Hamas and, find the hostages, and dismantle the tunnels and weapons caches.
That’s my read of the endgame. We’ll see how it plays out.