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PALESTINIAN Territories – Israel’s military said Sunday it would “pause” fighting around a south Gaza route daily to facilitate aid deliveries, following months of warnings of famine in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Israel has long defended its efforts to let aid into Gaza including via its Kerem Shalom border near Rafah, blaming militants for looting supplies and humanitarian workers for failing to distribute them to civilians. AFP correspondents in Gaza said there were no reports of strikes, shelling or fighting on Sunday morning, though the military stressed in a statement there was “no cessation of hostilities in the southern Gaza Strip”.
“What is this life?” she told AFP. “There is no fuel, no access to medical treatment… and there is no food or water.”The military said the eight soldiers killed Saturday were hit by an explosion as they were travelling in an armored vehicle near Rafah, where troops were engaged in fierce street battles against Palestinian militants.
Saturday’s losses were among the heaviest for the military since it began its ground offensive in Gaza on Oct. 27, taking its overall toll since then to 309 deaths.In a statement, he said that “despite the heavy and unsettling price, we must cling to the goals of the war”.
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