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Israeli military announces daily ‘tactical pause’ in southern Gaza to allow in aid | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
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The Israeli army has announced a daily “tactical pause in military activity” in part of the southern Gaza Strip to allow delivery of increased quantities of humanitarian aid, amid growing international criticism of its offensive there.
The pause is aimed at allowing aid trucks to reach the nearby Israel-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, the main entry point for incoming aid, and travel safely to the Salah a-Din highway, a main north-south road, to deliver supplies to other parts of Gaza, the military said.
More than 1 million Palestinians, many of whom had already been displaced, fled Rafah after the invasion, crowding into other parts of southern and central Gaza.
Cogat, the Israeli military body that oversees aid distribution in Gaza, claims there are no restrictions on the entry of trucks.
A spokesperson for Cogat, Shimon Freedman, said it was the UN’s fault that its cargos stacked up on the Gaza side of Kerem Shalom.
The new arrangement aims to reduce the need for coordinating deliveries by providing an 11-hour uninterrupted window each day for trucks to move in and out of the crossing.
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