The Israeli military on Sunday announced a tactical pause in its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip to allow the deliveries of more humanitarian aid.
The army said the pauses would take place every day until substantially amount of aid is delivered to the strip.
The military said the pause was being coordinated with the U.N. and international aid agencies.
The military assured there are no restrictions on the entry of trucks. It says more than 8,600 trucks of all kinds, both aid and commercial, entered Gaza from all crossings from May 2 to June 13, an average of 201 a day.
The crossing has suffered from a bottleneck since Israeli ground troops moved into Rafah in early May.
Israel’s eight-month military offensive against the Hamas militant group has plunged Gaza into a humanitarian crisis, with the U.N. reporting widespread hunger and hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of famine.
The international community has urged Israel to do more to ease their suffering.
