Palestinians wary as Israel begins military pauses to allow ‘minimal’ aid into Gaza
by Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and William Christou in Je from World news | The Guardian on (#6YXRB)
Israeli military says 10-hour tactical pauses' in certain areas will allow increase in flow of aid to territory
Palestinians in Gaza have reacted with wariness after Israel began a limited, daily pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza to allow what Benjamin Netanyahu described as a minimal" amount of aid into the territory.
Scores of Palestinians have died of starvation in recent weeks in a crisis attributed by humanitarian organisations and the UN to Israel's blockade of almost all aid into the territory. The World Food Programme (WFP) said 90,000 women and children were in urgent need of treatment for malnutrition and that one in three people were going without food for days.
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