Israeli military to pause fighting in 3 Gaza areas as concerns over hunger surge
DEIR AL-Balah, Gaza Strip (AP) -Israeli army said that on Sunday, it will pause fighting in the three-populated area of Gaza for 10 hours a day and open safe ways for the delivery of helpless Palestinians and throw it. A series of steps Israel aimed to address an increase in hunger in the region, as it faced an international wave of criticism on her behavior in the 21 -month war.
The army said that a “tactical pause” will begin to “increase the humanitarian aid scale ında in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah and Muwasi to“ increase the humanitarian aid scale ”entering the region. The pause will start at 20:00 local time every day from Sunday.
Army said in a statement on Sunday, flour, sugar and canned foods with aid packages with aid to aid atmosphere, he said.
Food experts have warned for months in Gaza, where Israel restricted aid, because Hamas has closed the goods to help support the rules without evidenceing this claim. In the last days of weakened children, images from Gaza took off Israel’s global criticism. including close alliesHe called for an end to war and human disaster.
Israel said that new measures are attacking against Hamas in other regions. Before pause, health officials in Gaza said that at least 16 Palestinians were killed in separate strikes.
Israel restricted aid to Gaza during the war
The local pause in the fight arrived days after the ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas He looked suspicious. On Friday, they remembered Israel and the US negotiation teams, blamed Hamas, and Israel said that he was thinking “alternative options için for the ceasefire with the militant group.
After the last ceasefire ended in March, Israel left the entrance of food, medicine, fuel and other materials completely to Gaza for 2 months and said that he aimed to press Hamas to release hostages.
Under international pressure, Israel slightly alleviated the blockade in May. Since then, it has allowed about 4,500 trucks to distribute the UN and other aid groups. However, an average of 69 trucks per day is far below 500 to 600 trucks a day when the UN says it is necessary for Gaza. The UN says that he cannot distribute most of the help because hungry crowds and gangs take most of them from their incoming trucks.
Israel as a way to remove the aid delivery from the control of the UN USA Registered Gaza Humanitarian FoundationIn May, it opened four centers that distribute food supplies boxes. More than 1,000 Palestinians killed The UN Human Rights Office has been trying to buy food by Israel forces since May, mostly near the new fields of aid.
Israel is afraid of the UN during the war and said that his system allowed Hamas to steal help. The UN rejects this claim and says the distribution mechanism is the best way to bring help to the Palestinians.
The army said that new steps were given in coordination with the UN and other human groups. There was no comment immediately from the UN
Most of the population of Gaza stuck by fighting against a smaller land patches, now they rely on help.
Health officials were killed at least 16 Palestinians in the latest strikes
According to the Nasser Hospital, a strike hit a tent with a family of displaced family in the Astaa region in the northwest of the southern city Khan Younis. The dead included a father and two children and another father and son.
In Gaza City, a strike hit an apartment on the west side of the city on Saturday and killed four people, including two women, the ambulance and emergency service of the Ministry of Health. Four people were injured, dedi he said.
According to Aksa Martyrs Hospital, another strike killed a couple and a woman in the central town of DEİR Al-Balah in the early hours of Sunday. The strike hit a tent close to salt purification plant.
The Israeli army had no immediate interpretation of the strikes.
The war began with an attack on Southern Israel, where Hamas had killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians and where militants killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Hamas still has 50 hostages, more than half of them believes that they are dead.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel’s retaliation attack killed more than 59,700 Palestinians. The count does not distinguish between militants and civilians, but the ministry says that more than half of the dead are women and children. The Ministry operates under the Hamas government. The UN and other international organizations see this as the most reliable data source for losses.
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Goldenberg reported from Cairo Tel Aviv, Israel and Magdy.
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