IDF opens evacuation corridor from northern Gaza to south, with extended hours

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Palestinians fleeing Gaza City toward the south walk on a road on November 8, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Palestinians fleeing Gaza City toward the south walk on a road on November 8, 2023. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

The Israel Defense Forces’s Arabic-language Spokesman, Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, says Israel will again open a corridor for Gazan civilians in the north of the Strip to escape southward.

Adraee writes on X that Israel will open Salah-al-Din Street for southward traffic between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Previous days saw the corridor open for only four hours.

He says that yesterday some 50,000 Gazans took advantage of the safe route to head to southern Gaza.

“Do not listen to what some Hamas leaders say from their hotels abroad or from the underground places they have arranged for themselves and their family members,” Adraee warns. “For your safety, take advantage of the [opening of Salah a-Din] to move south, beyond Wadi Gaza.”

The IDF has warned that northern Gaza is a battle zone, as it moves to target Hamas’s main stronghold in the area.

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