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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
IDF says Gaza humanitarian aid route shut after Hamas fires at corridor
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says that it has temporarily closed a route in southern Gaza’s Rafah, used to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians, after Hamas opened fire at the area.
The military does not provide further details on the incident.
It says that deliveries along the route have been halted temporarily, “as the area has become an active combat zone.”
“Terror activity in humanitarian areas and areas where the population is concentrated harms humanitarian coordination and the distribution of aid,” the IDF says.
