'We want to live': Israel announces 'tactical' daylight pause in southern Gaza fighting

Protesters gather before a bonfire during an anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv, calling for early elections, and the return of the hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip since the 7 October attacks. It labelled the strategy a"tactical pause of military activity". Israel 's military said on Sunday it would"pause" fighting around a south Gaza route daily to facilitate aid deliveries, following months of warnings of famine in the besieged Palestinian territory.

"A local, tactical pause of military activity for humanitarian purposes will take place from 8:00am until 7:00pm every day until further notice along the road that leads from the Kerem Shalom crossing to the Salah al-Din road and then northwards," a military statement said.A map released by the army showed the declared humanitarian route extending until Rafah's European Hospital, about 10km from Kerem Shalom.

Separately, two soldiers were killed in fighting in northern Gaza and another succumbed to wounds inflicted in recent fighting. World Food Programme deputy executive director Carl Skau said recently that"with lawlessness inside the Strip... and active conflict", it has become"close to impossible to deliver the level of aid that meets the growing demands on the ground".

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