The Israel Defense Forces said it would implement "humanitarian corridors" for safe movement of United Nations aid trucks and "humanitarian pauses." The pause would affect densely populated areas in Gaza.
The pause is to be in effect from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City. The IDF said it would continue daily until further notice. More routes will be in place between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. for the trucks. The IDF is "prepared to expand the scale of this activity as required."
The tactical pause is to allow more aid to starving people. Many non-governmental organizations have stopped delivering aid because they were unable to get through.
The IDF said the pause in fighting would "refute the false claim of deliberate starvation in the Gaza Strip."
The Egyptian Red Crescent said the convoy from Egypt had more than 100 aid trucks with more than 1,200 tons of food, NBC reported.
A dozen people trying to reach the aid were killed in attacks by the IDF Sunday. A hospital in Gaza said Sunday that it had received 12 bodies, CNN reported. Four of them were children, and one was a woman. There were 100 injured when the IDF fired near an aid point operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
It's unclear if it happened before or after the tactical pause began at 10 a.m. local time or if the area was included in the pause.
Nearly 90 children have recently died of starvation in the region.
The uncle of 10-year-old Noor Ashraf Abu Selaa who died of starvation, spoke out against the Israeli aid blockade.
Noor had been "a lively girl and she became like this because of hunger, thirst and the siege - the siege imposed on us by the Israelis," her uncle Ghazi Abu Selaa told CNN.
"Doctors are here, but there is no medicine. No milk. No food," he said.
Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt said they delivered aid into Gaza by land and air, with Jordan and the UAE saying they delivered "25 tons of food aid and essential humanitarian supplies" by airdrops.
While the pause and new aid coming in is welcome, it must be the start of a broader and lasting solution to the crisis.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry has said at least 133 people have died from malnutrition since the war began.
Aid agencies agreed, with Médecins Sans Frontières saying it's "not enough." The UN's World Food Programme said it welcomes Israel's pause in military action in some parts of Gaza, but there should be a "surge" in aid.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Christian conference in Jerusalem dismissed the food crisis.
"There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza," he said at the event, saying Israel has "enabled the amount required by international law to come in," and has delivered "1.9 million tons of aid since the beginning of the war" in October 2023.
Israel "enabled humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the war ... Otherwise, there would be no Gazans," he said.
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