Sunday, June 16, 2024, 10:01
The Israeli army has announced its intention to pause daily operations in an area of southern Gaza to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian territory, devastated by more than eight months of war and threatened by famine.
This pause was announced the day after the death of 11 Israeli soldiers, eight of them in the explosion of a bomb in the Gaza Strip, plunged into a bloody war triggered by an unprecedented attack by the Palestinian movement Hamas on October 7 In Israel.
The pause “will take place from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (05:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. GMT) every day and until further notice,” in the area from Kerem Shalom, a border crossing in southern Israel, to the Salahedin highway, in Gaza, and towards the north of the Palestinian territory, the army said.
The decision has been made to allow for an “increase in the volume of humanitarian aid entering Gaza,” following discussions with the UN and other organizations, the army said in a statement.
The Gaza Strip, besieged by Israel, is mired in a serious humanitarian crisis, where 75% of its 2.4 million inhabitants have been displaced by the war and the population is threatened with famine, according to the UN.
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