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Israel Formalizes Daily Humanitarian Pauses in Gaza
(Times of Israel) Jacob Magid - Israel has agreed to formalize and broaden localized pauses in IDF fighting in Gaza, a senior Israeli official said Thursday. Since Sunday, the IDF has been holding its fire along the humanitarian corridor on most days for four to six hours to allow Gazans to evacuate south. The new four-hour pauses will take place in a different northern Gaza neighborhood each day. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News, "We want to facilitate a safe passage of civilians away from the zone of fighting, and we're doing that." Israel also agreed to open a second north-to-south humanitarian corridor along the Gaza coast in addition to the one further inland on Salah a-Din road, a White House official said.