JERUSALEM, June 17 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised plans announced by the military yesterday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the...
World Food Programme personnel keep watch on a food aid distribution operation at the Zikim crossing. — Reuters pic/World Food ProgrammeJERUSALEM, June 17 — Israel i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised plans announced by the military yesterday to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate aid delivery into the Palestinian enclave.
The military clarified that normal operations would continue in Rafah, the main focus of its operation in southern Gaza, where eight soldiers were killed on Saturday.The reaction from Netanyahu underlined political tensions over the issue of aid coming into Gaza, where international organisations have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis.
The divisions were laid bare last week in a parliamentary vote on a law on conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military, with Defence Minister Yoav Gallant voting against it in defiance of party orders, saying it was insufficient for the needs of the military. Since the attack, which killed some 1,200 Israelis and foreigners in Israeli communities, Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health ministry figures, and destroyed much of Gaza.
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