IDF extends Gaza corridor time by hour as masses flee southward

The IDF says it is extending the opening of a corridor for Gazans in the north of the enclave to move south by an extra hour due to popular demand.

The corridor had been slated to close at 2 p.m., but will now stay open until 3, spokesman Avichay Adraee says in an Arabic-language tweet.

He says the move is “in reaction to [Gazans’] sizable response” to Israel’s call for them to use the corridor to flee from the north, where fighting is heaviest.

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