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Israeli troops advanced toward the heart of Gaza City, while Israeli officials said 80,000 residents traveled south Thursday, the largest movement so far in the five days since the humanitarian corridor was opened.
The military said it was closing in on the “heart of intelligence and operational activities” of militant group Hamas in an area of Gaza City near Al-Shifa hospital. The zone, the military said, was home to a war room for directing fighting, a large training ground and munitions factories used to make rockets, antitank missiles, drones and other explosives. Kindergartens and mosques were nearby, the military said.
Hamas couldn’t be reached for comment.The U.S. and other allies have pressed Israel to allow more humanitarian aid and safe passage for trapped civilians. White House spokesmen said Thursday that Israel had agreed to daily four-hour pauses in its bombardment of northern Gaza. In an interview with Fox News on Thursday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the plan for humanitarian pauses but said the fighting would continue in other areas at those times. Both the U.S. and Israel have rejected calls for a cease-fire, which could mean either a negotiated end to the fighting or a prolonged, unilateral cessation of combat.
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