Israel's Military Has Halted All Strategic Operations In Gaza, Due To Its Heavy Casualties
On Sunday, Israel's military forces announced a pause in one of its attacks on southern Gaza. to allow it to increase the amount of humanitarian aid.
Israel's military said the curfew will be in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (0500 GMT, 1:00 a.m. ET). (1600 GMT, noon east). It has also been informed that Patidin will be held until further notice.
In conjunction with the U.N. and foreign relief organizations, the military is enacting a halt to enable assistance vehicles to safely reach Gaza's major north-south artery, the Salah a-Din highway, and to transfer supplies to other regions of the nation.
Since Israeli ground forces entered Rafah in early May, there has been a backlog at the border.
Gaza is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe as a result of Israel's eight-month military campaign against the Islamist Hamas group; the United Nations has reported widespread hunger and hundreds of thousands of people at risk of starvation. The world community has pushed Israel to alleviate the situation further.
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The U.N. humanitarian office reported an average of 68 aid trucks daily from May 6 to June 6, a decrease from 168 daily in April and far below the 500 trucks needed by aid groups.
Since the assault, over a million Palestinians have fled Rafah, leading to a decrease in the flow of supplies into southern and central Gaza, making the humanitarian situation in the region more dire. From May 2 to June 13, approximately 8,600 trucks (an average of 201 per day) entered Gaza from all borders, according to COGAT, the Israeli military department in charge of distributing supplies. However, a large portion of the help has not yet arrived at its intended location and is stacked up at the crossings.
According to COGAT spokesperson Shimon Freedman, the U.N. is to blame for the goods piling up on the Gaza side of Kerem Shalom. He said that the organizations, particularly the shortage of vehicles, had "fundamental logistical problems that they have not fixed."
The United Nations refutes these claims. It states that U.N. trucks operating inside Gaza are frequently unable to reach Kerem Shalom, which is directly adjacent to Israel's border, due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Additionally, it states that the Israeli military's requirement for driver authorization to enter the location has hampered the speed of delivery. Israel claims this system was put in place for the protection of the drivers. In several instances, aid trucks traveling through Gaza have also been robbed by crowds as a result of a lack of protection.
By giving vehicles a daily 11-hour window to enter and exit the border without interruption, the new setup attempts to lessen the need for delivery coordination.
It was not immediately clear whether the army was enforcing security precautions for relief vehicles traveling along the route.
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