An Israeli army battle tank in the Gaza Strip near the border with southern Israel on Friday. Israel is preparing to widen its offensive in Gaza City.

Israel’s military has suspended midday pauses to fighting, which had allowed the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza City, saying on Friday that the city was now “a dangerous combat zone.”

The city was among the places that Israel paused fighting last month to allow food and aid supplies to enter from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The “tactical pauses” applied to Gaza City, Deir al-Balah and Muwasi, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering. The suspension came as Israel prepared to widen its offensive in the city, days after it reported strikes in key neighbourhoods and called up tens of thousands of reservists.

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