The delivery of humanitarian aid is generating cautious optimism among relief agencies amid a looming hunger crisis
Against the backdrop of a looming hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip, large-scale aid deliveries reached the besieged and embattled coastal area for the first time in months on Sunday.
A convoy of about 100 lorries carrying goods for the suffering population entered the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom border crossing, according to sources in the Palestinian territory.
A few hours earlier, the Israeli military announced that it would observe a daily self-declared “tactical pause in military activity for humanitarian purposes” in parts of the Gaza Strip from 10am to 8pm until further notice.
The pause applies to al-Mawasi in the southwest of the coastal strip, Deir al-Balah in the centre and Gaza City in the north – areas where the Israeli army was not operating, it said.
