Netanyahu attacks army’s “tactical pause” to facilitate humanitarian supplies

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,Tactical pause“, which is applied to a section of about 12 kilometers in the street Rafah areait Far from a complete ceasefire The move is being made in the Gaza Strip, as requested by the international community, including Israel’s main ally, the United States. But it could help meet the desperate needs of Palestinians amid a severe humanitarian crisis that has worsened in recent weeks with Israel’s incursion into Rafah.

Israeli military says daily breaks will begin 8:00 AMit will last By 7 p.m. and will continue until new information. Its goal is to allow aid trucks to reach the pass Kerem Shalom CrossingTravel safely to the main entry point, controlled by Israel, and the Salah e-Din Highway, a main highway that runs from north to south, the army said. The crossing has experienced Spout Since Israeli ground troops entered Rafah in early May.

This was said by COGAT, the Israeli military body that oversees aid distribution in Gaza This route will increase the flow of aid to other parts of GazaIncluding Khan Yunis, the coastal area of ​​Muwasi and central Gaza. Worst-hit northern Gaza, one of the first targets of the war, receives goods coming from the north.

The army said the pause begins when Muslims begin celebrating holidays Eid al-Adhacame after talks with the United Nations and other aid agencies. A U.N. spokesman, Jens Laerke, told the AP that Israel’s announcement was welcome but “no aid has been sent from Kerem Shalom today,” without giving details. Laerke said the U.N. expects Israel to take more concrete steps, including smooth operations at checkpoints and regular supplies of fuel.

Netanyahu calls army plan “unacceptable” though he doesn’t rule it out

Israel and Hamas Are Latest ceasefire proposal being consideredThe proposal, promoted by US President Joe Biden, to stop the fighting and release hostages held by the Islamist group. While Biden described the proposal as Israeli, the Hebrew state has not fully accepted it, while Hamas has demanded changes that appear unacceptable to Israel.

News of the troop halt sparked an uproar, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to press ahead with the war and several members of his far-right government opposing the ceasefire proposal. A low-intensity political storm,

An Israeli source was quoted Netanyahu saying that The plan was “unacceptable to him” When he received the news, the same source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter with the media, said Netanyahu received assurances that “there are no changes” in military policy and that “there will be no further action.”Fighting continues in Rafah It happened as planned.” Israeli television networks later quoted Netanyahu criticising the military, saying: “We have a country with an army, not an army with a country.”

But neither Netanyahu nor the military rejected the new agreement. While the armed forces insisted that “fighting has not stopped” in southern Gaza, they also noted New route This will happen Open during the day “especially for the transportation of humanitarian aid,

Meanwhile, military action continues. Nine peoplebetween them Five Boys, He died on Sunday When a house in Bureji came under Israeli attack,

In central Gaza, according to AP reporters who counted bodies at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, a man wept as he held a small bundle wrapped in a sheet in his arms. Two children played in the street.

,Netanyahu, what did this girl do to you? Isn’t that forbidden for you?” one woman cried, holding a dead child. The Israeli military did not answer questions about the attack.