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    Home - UK News - Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in fighting in parts of Gaza amid hunger crisis

    Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in fighting in parts of Gaza amid hunger crisis

    Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in fighting in parts of Gaza amid hunger crisis

    Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in fighting in parts of Gaza amid hunger crisis

    • WTX News Editor
    • July 27, 2025
    • 7:35 am
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    Cliff Notes

    • Israel has announced a “tactical pause” in fighting in three specific areas of Gaza to tackle the escalating humanitarian crisis, effective from 10am to 8pm local time.
    • The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) will establish secure routes for aid delivery and has resumed airdrops of supplies, including food essentials, although the UN warns this approach is inadequate.
    • Accusations of starvation in Gaza have been made against Israeli authorities, with various figures, including Bob Geldof, questioning the veracity of Israel’s claims about the humanitarian situation on the ground.

    Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in fighting in parts of Gaza amid hunger crisis | World News

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    Israel says it will pause fighting in three areas of Gaza to address the worsening humanitarian situation.

    The IDF said it would halt fighting in three areas, Muwasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City, from 10am to 8pm local time until further notice, beginning today.

    In a statement, the IDF said it would also establish secure routes to help the UN and aid agencies deliver food and other supplies.

    Image:
    Palestinians carry sacks of flour from a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza City. Pic: AP

    Israel’s announcement of what it calls a “tactical pause” in fighting comes after it resumed airdrops of aid into Gaza.

    While the IDF reiterated claims there is “no starvation” in Gaza, it said the airdrops would include “seven pallets of aid containing flour, sugar and canned food to be provided by international organisations”.

    Reports suggest aid has already been dropped into Gaza, with some injured after fighting broke out.

    Image:
    Pic: IDF

    In other developments, Bob Geldof has accused Israeli authorities of “lying” about starvation in the territory – telling Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips the IDF is “dangling food in front of starving, panicked, exhausted mothers”.

    He told Sky News: “This month, up to now, 1,000 children or 1,000 people have died of starvation. I’m really not interested in what either of these sides are saying.”


    1:06

    Bob Geldof: ‘Israeli authorities are lying’

    Israel cut off all supplies to Gaza from the start of March. It then reopened aid centres with new restrictions in May, but said the supply had to be controlled to prevent it from being stolen by Hamas militants.

    On Saturday, reports referencing US government data said there was no evidence Hamas had stolen aid from UN agencies.

    The IDF’s international spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani, described such reports as “fake news” and said Hamas thefts have been “well documented”.


    3:49

    Malnourished girl: ‘The war changed me’

    Airdrops ‘expensive and inefficient’

    They include a five-month-old girl who weighed less than when she was born, with a doctor at Nasser Hospital describing it as a case of “severe, severe starvation”.

    Health workers have also been weakened by hunger, with some putting themselves on IV drips so they can keep treating badly malnourished patients.


    2:10

    Aid waiting to be distributed in Gaza

    On Friday, Israel said it would allow foreign countries to airdrop aid into Gaza – but the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has warned this will not reverse “deepening starvation”.

    UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini described the method as “expensive” and “inefficient”, adding: “It is a distraction and screensmoke. A manmade hunger can only be addressed by political will.

    “Lift the siege, open the gates and guarantee safe movements and dignified access to people in need.”

    UNRWA has the equivalent of 6,000 trucks in Jordan and Egypt waiting for permission to enter Gaza, he added.


    1:17

    PM says UK will help drop aid to Gaza

    MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, warned on Friday that 25% of young children and pregnant women in Gaza are now malnourished, and said the lack of food and water on the ground was “unconscionable”.

    The UN also estimates Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 people seeking food, the majority near the militarised distribution sites of the US-backed aid distribution scheme run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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    In a statement on Friday, the IDF had said it “categorically rejects the claims of intentional harm to civilians”, and reports of incidents at aid distribution sites were “under examination”.

    The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has also previously disputed these deaths were connected with its organisation’s operations, with director Johnnie Moore telling Sky News: “We just want to feed Gazans. That’s the only thing that we want to do.”

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