LONDON, TEL AVIV and GAZA -- 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.

A suspension in military activity was scheduled from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Al Mawasi, Deir al Balah and Gaza City, according to Avichay Adraee, an IDF spokesperson. The suspension was to begin Sunday and continue every day until further notice, he said in a statement on social media.

The decision was made in coordination with the United Nations and other international aid groups, according to COGAT, the Israeli body that manages the flow of aid into the territory. The 10-hour pauses would begin in areas where "the IDF is not operating," the Israeli milit

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