Israeli military announces 4-hour tactical pause in southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis

ceasefire in Khan Yunis

TEL AVIV, November 22. /TASS/: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has introduced a four-hour ceasefire in Khan Yunis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, IDF Spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Wednesday.

"Today, exactly between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. local time [between 9:00 and 13:00 GMT], we will take a tactical pause in combat actions in the Jourat al-Lot and Batn al-Sameen neighborhoods of Khan Yunis in pursue of humanitarian goals," Adraee stated on his page on the X social network (formerly Twitter).

Adraee also stated that a humanitarian corridor would be open for civilians until 4:00 p.m. local time today in the city of Jabaliya and the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza City.

Residents of Gaza City, especially the neighborhoods of the Old City of Jabalia and Shejaiya, we urge you to evacuate your residential areas immediately in order to preserve your safety, via the Salah al-Din Road until 16:00, to reach the south," he stated.

The Israel Defense Forces started to implement four-hour humanitarian pauses in various parts of Gaza on November 12. On November 19, the army announced a four-hour ceasefire in the Rafah refugee camp area. On November 18, hostilities were suspended for four hours in the Al-Shabura refugee camp in the same area.