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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emine Sinmaz in Jerusalem

US says Israel to begin ‘humanitarian pauses’ to let people leave Gaza’s north

A long stream of people on a road in Gaza
Palestinians head to the southern Gaza Strip along the Salah al-Din road on Thursday. Photograph: Hatem Moussa/AP

Thousands of Palestinians continued to flee south from northern Gaza on Thursday as the White House announced that Israel would begin to implement four-hour “humanitarian pauses” in parts of the area to allow people to leave.

The US national security spokesperson, John Kirby, said the pauses would allow people to pass along two humanitarian corridors, which he described as “a significant first step”.

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