In the midst of the humanitarian crisis in Palestine, Israeli military activity will be interrupted from this Sunday (27) from 10am to 8pm in the areas of Al Mawasi, Deir Al Balah and City of Gaza ‘
on Sunday (27) declared a “tactical break” in its military operations in parts of the for humanitarian reasons and announced the authorization of the passage of trucks with the help to alleviate hunger in Palestinian territory. The Israeli army also indicated on Saturday the air release of humanitarian aid over Gaza and rejected the accusations of using hunger as a weapon in Palestinian territory, devastated for more than 21 months of war. In late May, Israel partially suspended the full blockade of Gaza in March, which caused severe food shortages, medications and other essential products.
A And several NGOs denounced an increase in child malnutrition and the risk of widespread hunger among the more than two million inhabitants. Israel released on Saturday night by Telegram images of the launch of parachutes of “seven lots of help containing flour, sugar and preserves” on Palestinian territory, held “in coordination with international organizations and directed by Cogat”, an organ of the Israeli Ministry of defense, responsible for civil affairs in the Palestinian territories.
Hours earlier, Israel’s Foreign Ministry had announced “a humanitarian break in civil centers and humanitarian corridors to allow the distribution of help”, responsible for the UN for the blockade. This “tactical pause” in the fighting will start daily from this Sunday “from 10h00 to 20h00 (4h00 to 14h00 Brasília)” in the areas of Al Mawasi, Deir Al Balah and City of Gaza, where Israeli troops do not operate, specified the army in a statement.
He also added that routes “from 06h00 to 23h00 (00h00 to 17h00 of GMT) will be designated to allow the passage with total safety of the UN caravans and humanitarian aid organizations that deliver and distribute food and medicines to the population”. UN Humanitarian Affairs Office Director Tom Fletcher celebrated this Sunday the announcement that Israel will open secure land routes to enter Humanitarian trains in Gaza.
“We celebrate the announcement of the humanitarian breaks in Gaza to allow the passage of our help. We are in contact with our teams that are there, to do everything possible to reach as many hungry people as possible,” he wrote in the X.Back of Israel to announce the delivery of air aid, the United Arab Emirates indicated on Saturday that they will launch essential products through the air, as well as the united kingdom, who also had the removal of “children who need assistance. Medical ”, in collaboration with“ partners like Jordan ”. On Friday, Paris, Berlin, and London installed Israel to “immediately raise restrictions on the sending of help.”
“New Dynamics”
UN UN Director for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa), Philippe Lazzarini, estimated on Saturday, in an X publication, that “air release will not end growing hunger. It’s expensive, ineffective and may even kill hungry civilians.” The UN will hold a high level conference on Monday and Tuesday at its headquarters in New York to discuss a diplomatic solution. According to France President Emmanuel Macron, this meeting seeks to “open a new dynamic in favor of a fair and lasting agreement for the Israeli-Palestine conflict based on both states, the only solution capable of ensuring peace and safety for all in the region”.
The war was triggered by an unprecedented attack by the Hamas Islamist Movement against Israel on October 7, 2023, which caused, on the Israeli side, the death of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to AFP survey based on official data. In response, Israel launched an offensive that left at least 59,733 killed in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, considered reliable by the UN.
Mohamed Motawaq, only 18 months old and skeletal body, spends the days in Gaza in her mother’s arms for malnutrition (EFE/AHMAD AWAD)
*With information from AFP
