Israel will open a second humanitarian corridor in the northern Gaza Strip to allow Palestinians to move to “safe areas.” This was reported by the spokesman for the United States National Security Council, John Kirby.

This new humanitarian corridor comes at a time when the Israeli Army is carrying out ground operations in the north of Gaza territory. The new route route will travel the coastal road and will allow “thousands of people” to reach safe areas in the south.

“Now there will be two humanitarian corridors that will allow the population to flee from the areas of hostilities in northern Gaza. “The first of these corridors, open for four to five hours each day for the past few days, has already allowed many thousands of people to reach safer areas in the south, away from the main area of ​​ground operations,” said Kirby. during a press conference.

This measure is in addition to another also agreed by Israel, which confirms that there will be daily “humanitarian breaks” lasting four hours. They will be notified at least three hours in advance, so that the population can prepare their evacuation.

Kirby has also expressed concern about the possibility that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) “deters or prevents” these evacuations. In that sense, he has encouraged civilians to leave areas where Fighting between Hamas and Israel develops and has urged expanded humanitarian assistance.

However, it should be noted that the Israeli Army, despite asking the Palestinian population to leave the north of the enclave for weeks, has continued to continuously bombard the rest of the territory.

In this sense, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, Stéphane Dujarric, has assured that the reports from his humanitarian workers on the ground report bombings along the roads to the southcausing there to be numerous corpses in the same