OSLO: Hostilities continue in Rafah and southern Gaza despite the Israeli military's announcement on Sunday (Jun 16) of tactical pauses in operations to allow humanitarian aid to enter, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told reporters in Oslo on Monday.
OSLO: Hostilities continue in Rafah and southern Gaza despite the Israeli military's announcement on Sunday of tactical pauses in operations to allow humanitarian aid to enter, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told reporters in Oslo on Monday.
"There has been information that such a decision has been taken, but the political level says none of this decision has been taken," Lazzarini told a press conference. The Israeli military said on Monday its forces were continuing focused, intelligence-based operations in the Rafah area, which included close combat with militants and seizure and destruction of weapons.The military had announced at the weekend the daily pauses from 5am GMT until 4pm GMT )12am, Singapore time) in the area from the Kerem Shalom Crossing, in southern Israel, to the Salah al-Din Road and then northwards.
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