Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized a plan announced by the military to hold a daily tactical break in fighting along one of the main roads to Gaza to facilitate aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave.
The military announced a daily break from 05.00 to 16.00 local time in the area from the Kerem SALom crossing to Jalan Salah al-Din and then north.
"When the prime minister heard reports of a 11-hour humanitarian hiatus in the morning, he turned to his military secretary and explained that this was unacceptable to him," an Israeli official said.
The military has clarified that normal operations will continue in Rafah, the main focus of its operations in southern Gaza, where eight soldiers died on Saturday, June 15.
Netanyahu's reaction underscores political tensions over aid issues entering Gaza, where international organizations have warned of an escalating humanitarian crisis.
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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who led one of the nationalist religious parties in the Netanyahu coalition, condemned the idea of a tactical break, and said whoever decided it was a "stupid" person who had to lose his job.
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