Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is opposed to plans announced by the military to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip to facilitate aid delivery into the Palestinian enclave.
The military had announced the daily pauses from 05:00 GMT until 16:00 GMT in the area from the Karen Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing to the Salah al-Din Road and then northwards.
“When the prime minister heard the reports of an 11-hour humanitarian pause in the morning, he turned to his military secretary and made it clear that this was unacceptable to him,” an Israeli official told the Reuters news agency.
The military clarified that normal operations would continue in Rafah, the main focus of its ongoing assault in southern Gaza.
Israel forces razed homes in the area and attacks there continued on June 16, despite it being the first day of Eid al-Adha, the most important Muslim celebration of the year.
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