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The decision to define Gaza City as a 'dangerous combat zone' contradicts last month's announcement of a daily pause in fighting to allow the safe transfer of UN-facilitated humanitarian aid supplies. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of IDF reservists received call-up notices for next week
According to the statement issued Friday morning, "the local tactical pause in military activity will not apply to the area of Gaza City, which constitutes a dangerous combat zone."
Last month, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that daily 10-hour humanitarian pauses will secure routes for UN convoys and aid organizations to safely distribute food and medicine throughout Gaza.
The IDF stated that the policy changes were in line with the Israeli leadership's instructions of "improving the humanitarian response in Gaza and refuting the false claim of deliberate starvation."
Israel master of Doublespeak. For shame.

malaise
(288,557 posts)Criminals
SamKnause
(14,410 posts)leftstreet
(37,075 posts)AloeVera
(3,677 posts)Whoever is too weak, ill, young, old, disabled, alone or despairing to leave.
There is no place for them to go either. Israel had falsely promised to build tents for the million people being expelled from Gaza City - before their expulsion. A lie.
As if it could be any worse, the IPC just declared a famine in Gaza City. The entire population of the City is starving. Now they must dodge bombs, tanks and drones and make a long trek in their weakened state. The inhumanity, sheer and utter CRUELTY is what Israel will be known for for all of history.
electric_blue68
(23,650 posts)Yiddish for shame/disgrace
(I lived in a Jewish neighborhood for years)