JERUSALEM, Jul 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Zionist Israeli military, yesterday, announced a daily 10-hour humanitarian pause, in its operations in parts of the Gaza Strip, along with the opening of secure routes for aid delivery, amid growing international pressure over the deepening hunger crisis there.
The Zionist Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), said in a statement that, it would halt military activity in areas including Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time (0700-1700 GMT) every day, until further notice.
Designated secure routes will be open daily from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (0300-2000 GMT), to ensure the safe passage of UN and humanitarian convoys, which deliver and distribute food and medicine, it added.
The Zionist military said, the move followed “directives from the political echelon,” in coordination with the United Nations and international aid organisations, to “increase the scale of humanitarian aid entering the Strip.”
Since the latest round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 127 people, including 85 children, have died from starvation and malnutrition, Gaza-based health authorities said, yesterday.
International condemnation of Israel is growing, with governments and aid groups alike, denouncing its siege of Gaza, as a humanitarian catastrophe.
The little aid allowed to reach supply facilities inside Gaza is “woefully inadequate,” to curb starvation or sustain life-saving relief operations, UN humanitarians said.– NNN-MA’AN
