Israeli military announces tactical pauses in Gaza for aid supplies
The Israeli military says it would hold daily tactical pauses in military activity in parts of southern Gaza to allow more aid to flow into the enclave where international aid organizations have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis.
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00:00The Israeli military says it would hold daily tactical pauses in military activity in parts
00:06of southern Gaza to allow more aid to flow into the enclave, where international aid
00:11organizations have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis.
00:15Israel says military activity would be paused from 5 GMT until 16 GMT daily, along the road
00:21that leads from the Kerem Shalom crossing to the Salah al-Din Road and then northwards.
00:26But it says fighting in the city of Rafah, where Israel is targeting the remaining brigades
00:31of militant Hamas, would continue.
00:33Despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire, an agreement to halt the fighting
00:38still appears distant.
00:40Israel launched its war after Hamas attacked on October 7, killing around 1,200 people,
00:45while Gaza's health ministry says more than 37,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's
00:51offensive.