The government information office in Gaza said on Monday that talk of a tactical cessation of the war is an Israeli lie.

It added that more than 16,000 children were killed by the occupation during the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

It stated: We are still demanding the opening of the Rafah crossing to provide the needs of the population, especially in the northern Gaza Strip.

It pointed out that the situation in the northern Gaza Strip is tragic in light of the shortage of food and medicine.

It said that the occupation is destroying the Rafah crossing halls that residents used to leave the Gaza Strip, adding that the occupation’s destruction of the Rafah crossing halls is part of its crimes in the Gaza Strip.