Israel's military announces a brief window for people in northern Gaza to flee south [View all]
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/04/1210645183/israeli-military-announces-brief-window-people-in-northern-gaza-to-flee-south
Israel's military announces a brief window for people in northern Gaza to flee south
November 4, 2023 7:48 AM ET
By Jaclyn Diaz, Lauren Migaki
TEL AVIV, Israel Hundreds of thousands of people still stuck in northern Gaza will have just three hours to flee south today, Israel's military announced Saturday.
The Israeli Defense Forces announced there will be a brief three-hour window (starting 1 p.m. local time until 4 p.m.) for people trapped in northern Gaza to travel on the road to southern Gaza safely.
The United Nations estimates that there could be as many 300,000 internally displaced people still stuck in northern Gaza, including Gaza City an area Israeli forces have surrounded as part of their ground operation.
It's been about a week since Israeli troops pushed into Gaza through a ground offensive and remained in the Strip. This military effort has mostly been focused in the north and has effectively cut the strip in half, preventing aid from getting in or civilians from getting out.
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