The Israeli military has announced it will be halting its operations for 11 hours every day on one of the main roads in Gaza, to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid. But the announcement has drawn strong criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who says it is unacceptable.
A Palestinian girl reacts as she collects food aid ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 15, 2024. The health ministry has reported the number of people killed is rapidly approaching 38,000, with the latest casualties at least nine people, including five children and one woman, in an attack on the Bureji Camp in central Gaza.
Eid al-Adha, which marks the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son to God, has seen a rare day of relative calm in Gaza after Israel announced a "tactical pause" in fighting near Rafah to facilitate aid deliveries. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who leads one of the nationalist religious parties in Netanyahu's ruling coalition, has also denounced the idea of a tactical pause, saying whoever decided it was a "fool" who should lose their job.
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