Israel to let more aid trucks into Gaza
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The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday it would begin a scheduled "tactical" pause of its military activities in three areas in Gaza, as it opens aid corridors to allow food and medicine into the enclave.
Jordan and the UAE carried out airdrops into Gaza earlier today after Israel announced a series of new aid measures.
On his trip to the United Kingdom over the weekend, President Trump announced the U.S. would be sending more aid to Gaza to help relieve the worsening famine. Israel also paused military operations in a number of places in Gaza to address the humanitarian crisis.
The Israeli military on Sunday began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day, part of a series of steps that included multiple airdrops.
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Hundreds of weary Palestinians carried sacks of flour on their shoulders after they managed to fetch them from a truck envoy that entered Gaza.
The World Food Programme hopes that an Israeli humanitarian pause in designated areas of the Gaza Strip will allow for a surge in urgently needed food aid to the region, it said on Sunday.