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Israel’s military says airdrops of aid will begin Saturday night in Gaza
- Israel's military announced late Saturday it would begin airdrops of aid and establish humanitarian corridors for UN convoys in Gaza.
- The decision follows mounting international criticism and reports of starvation-related deaths amid a Gaza blockade lasting since March 2.
- The UN and international organizations will manage aid distribution efforts to ensure supplies do not reach Hamas, while Israel maintains ongoing military operations.
- Philippe Lazzarini of UNRWA warned airdrops are expensive, inefficient, and insufficient to reverse starvation, which has caused at least 127 deaths since the war's start.
- This action could improve aid flow but faces skepticism about effectively addressing Gaza's deepening humanitarian crisis for over two million inhabitants.
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The pressure on Israel because of the catastrophic humanitarian situation had increased: now aid is coming from the air and overland again to the Gaza Strip. The army announced that until further notice it would stop fighting.
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Vera Weidenbach describes how the famine in the Gaza Strip is perceived by the people of Israel.
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Israel declares fighting ‘pause’ in parts of Gaza amid deepening starvation crisis
Israel declared a “tactical pause” in fighting in parts of Gaza on Sunday and said it would allow the UN and aid agencies to open secure land routes to tackle a deepening hunger crisis. Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza on March 2 after ceasefire talks broke down. In late May, it began allowing a small trickle of aid to resume, amid warnings of a wave of starvation. Yesterday alone, over 50 more Palestinians had been killed in Israeli stri…
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