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IDF announces daily ‘tactical pause’ along south Gaza road to enable increased aid flow
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A bundle of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip with the logo of World Central Kitchen (WCK) on a truck at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Israel, on May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
The Israeli military says it will carry out a daily “tactical pause of military activity” in areas of the southern Gaza Strip to enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to Palestinians.
The IDF says the pause will take place between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. every day along a road that leads from the Kerem Shalom Crossing to the Salah a-Din road, and then northward toward the Khan Younis area.
“This is an additional step in the humanitarian aid efforts that have been conducted by the IDF and COGAT since the beginning of the war,” the military says.
The IDF says the move began yesterday.
A graphic released by the IDF showing the aid route that will see humanitarian pauses on June 16, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)
