Israel’s army reported this Sunday that he will carry out “humanitarian pauses” in three different areas of the Gaza Strip from now on. These pauses, which Israel will apply for 10 hours a day “until new notice” in Ciudad de Gaza (the capital), to the Balah and the Mawasi, seek to “increase the help that enters the enclave.” It is Israel’s first gesture after unleashed by the images and reports of the UN and humanitarian organizations that show the havoc of malnutrition in the strip.
In addition to the pause, the Israeli military communiqués have also announced that they will enable “safe designated routes permanently” so that the UN and other humanitarian groups distribute in the territory, as well as the resumption of aid throws from the air –israel has carried out an operation of that type the morning of Sunday – and the connection of a water desalination plant to the Israeli electricity grid. It is subject to criticism by the humanitarian experts, who warn that it is not very effective and that in the past has caused deaths among those who came to collect food.
Israel introduces this series of measures at a time when deaths for causes related to hunger reaches new maximums in Gaza, with more than 55 people who died only so far in July, fearing the proximity of a crisis with large -scale deaths. The announcement also comes after multiple Western governments, or Australia, directly indicated Israel for blocking humanitarian aid and its consequences between the Gazatí population.
“Any pause is a relief and an opportunity for Gazatis to breathe,” values the spokeswoman for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, Tamara al Rifai, in statements to El País. “This will help avoid more deaths., The entry of humanitarian aid when necessary and the release of hostages,” he clarifies.
The Israeli army details that these movements are carried out “according to the guidelines of the political level” of Israel and following “an evaluation of the situation.” He also explains that they are part “of a series of actions that seek to improve the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip, as well as refute the false statement about a deliberate famine in the enclave.” Despite all the warnings launched, Israel insists that it is a propaganda campaign “promoted by Hamas”, which governs in Gaza.
The decision, he adds, has been taken together with the United Nations, whose spokesmen denounce the almost complete blockade of his activities since March 2, when Israel imposed a medieval fence on the strip in the middle of a truce with Hamas that should lead to definitive peace. The Israeli army finished breaking that fire on March 18, when he launched an offensive that killed more than 400 people in one day.
“A tactical and local pause of military activity will take place for humanitarian purposes from 10 [las 9, hora peninsular española] Until 20, starting today, Sunday, ”said the Israeli statement just over two hours before the hypothetical start of the first pause.“ The pause will begin in areas where the army is not operating: to the Mawasi, deir al Balah and Ciudad de Gaza, every day until new notice. ”Gazati sources deny that the Israeli soldiers are out of those territories. Israeli remote control bombarded the Mawasi causing fatalities and just a week ago, shelter of thousands of people in the center of Gaza.
In addition, “safely designated safe routes will be implemented from 6 to 23 to allow the safe step of the UN and other humanitarian groups that distribute food and medicines to the population of the entire enclave,” according to the army. The creation of safe roads seems an answer to the protests of the help groups that operate in the strip, which from the beginning of the war reproach the Israeli army that the conditions on the ground, with continuous bombardments and routes designed by areas with the presence of armed bands – some, allies of Israel – put at risk the lives of humanitarian workers and the destination of the load.
After denunciations by humanitarian groups due
Egyptian television channels showed during the early hours of Sunday truck images heading towards the strip border, transporting, according to those same information, large amounts of food and flour.
Hind Khoumary, a Gazati journalist in Deir Al Balah, narrated on Sunday morning for the Catarí to Jazeera the surprise with which the population of Gaza has received the news about these new Israeli measures. Since the end of May, when the cast entity promoted by Israel and the US came into operation, searching for food had become a “deadly trap”, as described by the same gazaties. The distributions have so far caused more than 1,000 dead.
