Mediators at the Gaza settlement talks have agreed with Israel that it will not attack humanitarian aid distribution outlets, the Al Arabiya television channel reported.
According to the TV channel, Egypt and Qatar are working on establishing four humanitarian corridors for civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Earlier in the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a pause in military activity in several Gaza areas to ease the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave. The pause will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time (from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. GMT) in Al Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City where the Israeli army is not conducting military operations and will be in effect until further notice. The move, according to the IDF, aims to increase the amount of humanitarian aid coming into the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Ali Baraka, a Hamas leader, slammed this decision as a move aiming to distract attention from continuing hostilities in the enclave.[TASS]
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Israel has said it would halt military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates air-dropped supplies into the enclave, where images of starving Palestinians have alarmed the world.
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Israeli military activity will stop from 10am to 8pm local time until further notice in Al-Mawasi, a designated humanitarian area along the coast, in central Deir al-Balah and in Gaza City, to the north.
Jordan and the United Arab Emirates parachuted 25 tonnes of aid into Gaza today in their first air drop in months, a Jordanian official source said.