The Israeli military announced Sunday it had begun to implement a daily “tactical pause of military activity” along a key road in the southern Gaza Strip to enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to Palestinians.
The pause was to take place between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. every day along a road that leads from the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Israel to the Salah a-Din road on the eastern outskirts of Rafah, and then northward toward the Khan Younis area, the Israel Defense Forces said.
“This is an additional step in the humanitarian aid efforts that have been conducted by the IDF and COGAT (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories) since the beginning of the war,” the military said in a statement.
The IDF said the pause was implemented for the first time on Saturday.
Amid the war against Hamas in Gaza, the IDF has frequently announced “tactical pauses” for several hours in various neighborhoods across the Strip for Palestinians to receive and distribute aid.
However, the latest announcement marked a more significant pause in military activity, for more hours than usual and across a wider area.
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